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Date:      Wed, 14 May 1997 17:58:47 -0500
From:      "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <sysop@mixcom.com>
To:        "David Langford" <langfod@dihelix.com>
Cc:        joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de (Joachim Kuebart), fbsdlist@federation.addy.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: undoing an ip alias
Message-ID:  <3.0.32.19970514175846.00727f64@mixcom.com>

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At 10:35 AM 5/13/97 -1000, David Langford wrote:
>
>Wrong, this will blow away your primary interface.
>
>If you have an alias you need to delete using the EXACT same netmask
>that you created the alias with
>
>SO if you used:
>
>ifconfig ed0 123.456.789.1 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias
>
>you need to do
>
>ifconfig ed0 123.456.789.1 netmask 255.255.255.255 delete


ifconfig ed0 123.456.789.1 -alias

Will also work, does not need the mask, and does not zap the primary.


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Jeff Mountin - System/Network Administrator
jeff@mixcom.net

MIX Communications
Serving the Internet since 1990



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