From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jan 27 16:53:06 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA10723 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 16:53:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mediaport.org (mediaport.org [194.229.42.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA10718 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 16:53:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from g.kakes@ITS.TUDelft.nl) Received: from dell (p712.wirehub.net [195.86.48.200]) by mediaport.org (8.8.5/8.8.5/3i-1.0) with SMTP id BAA00811 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 01:51:35 +0100 Message-ID: <006801be49f3$b477c020$0200000a@dell> From: "Geerd Kakes" To: Subject: network alias Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:51:05 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0065_01BE49FC.15726F80" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0065_01BE49FC.15726F80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I have got a machine running freebsd 2.2.7 with one ethernetcard and ip = adres for it. I want to add an alias to that. I have tried ifconfig with: #ifconfig fxp0 inet 62.12.26.142 netmask 0xffffffe0 alias but I get an error saying: #ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists When I look at the device with ifconfig after that it has been added, = but it does not work, no response with ping. any idee someone?? thanks, Geerd Kakes ------=_NextPart_000_0065_01BE49FC.15726F80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello,

I have got a machine running freebsd = 2.2.7 with=20 one ethernetcard and ip adres for it. I want to add an alias to=20 that.

I have tried ifconfig = with:

#ifconfig fxp0 inet 62.12.26.142 = netmask=20 0xffffffe0 alias

but I get an error = saying:

#ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File = exists

When I look at the device with ifconfig after that = it has been=20 added, but it does not work, no response with ping.

any idee someone??

thanks,

Geerd Kakes

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