Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 13:56:47 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Gustavo Ayala Carrasquero <gayala@zeus.eniac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: ifconfig and FreeBSD Message-ID: <9602281856.AA11631@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199602272043.QAA23420@zeus.eniac.com> References: <199602272043.QAA23420@zeus.eniac.com>
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<<On Tue, 27 Feb 1996 16:43:32 -0400, Gustavo Ayala Carrasquero <gayala@zeus.eniac.com> said: > # ifconfig ed0 inet alias 206.98.182.77 netmask 255.255.255.0 > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists This error message means that the address you specified, when masked with the netmask, is the same as an address already condfigured. What you probably want to do is the following: ifconfig ed0 inet alias 206.98.182.77 netmask 0xffffffff -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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