From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 28 10:56:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA02081 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 28 Feb 1996 10:56:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA02066 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 1996 10:56:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA11631; Wed, 28 Feb 1996 13:56:47 -0500 Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 13:56:47 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9602281856.AA11631@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Gustavo Ayala Carrasquero Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: ifconfig and FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199602272043.QAA23420@zeus.eniac.com> References: <199602272043.QAA23420@zeus.eniac.com> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk < 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