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From: rishim@teil.soft.net (Rishi Gautam)
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Hi
I am trying to configure my machine interface by ifconfig command.
I want to add another alias address for the interface with the 
ifconfig command. 

ifconfig ed1 alias [address] netmask [netmask]
if I am using the netmask option with netmask same as of the netmask
of the exsisting configured addres, I am getting error "File exsits"
If I didn't using the netmas option or giving some other netmask
the command exits succesfully. But if I typed the "ifconfig ed1", 
it doesn't show me all the address. It shows only the old address.

Even if I don't use the alias option in the ifconfig command I found the
same problem. For the "ifconfig ed1", it shows the old address.

I didn't understand the logic. If anybody has the answer for it, please reply.


Rishi