From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 22 23:19:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA16553 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 23:19:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line15.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.147]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA16542 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 23:18:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA08079; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 23:18:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 23:18:41 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multiple ip aliases not binding. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 21 Dec 1997 ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net wrote: > Hello all. > I am trying to setup one of my freebsd boxes to support two ip aliases > on an ed0 interface. > The first set of ifconfig commands worked great. > "ifconfig ed0 inet 208.128.192.241 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias" > Now, I want to setup another ip alias: > "ifconfig ed0 inet 208.128.192.242 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias" > This command does not work, and I get a file exists error. > What am I doing incorrectly? What version of FreeBSD is this? What does ifconfig -a report? You may have the alias already added. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major