From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 17 08:27:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA24734 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Jun 1996 08:27:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA24719 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 1996 08:27:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA00981; Mon, 17 Jun 1996 11:26:57 -0400 Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 11:26:57 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <9606171526.AA00981@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: xaa@stack.urc.tue.nl Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: ifconfig aliases... In-Reply-To: <199606171320.PAA02324@xaa.stack.urc.tue.nl> References: <199606171320.PAA02324@xaa.stack.urc.tue.nl> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < said: > If I use an alias with ifconfig, what name of the many will other > machines choose as originating hosts for telnet etc... > or: what ip-address is used in tcp-connection originating at the aliased > machine?? Whichever one ends up getting associated with the route to the destination. Usually this will be the first address configured on the interface to which that route points. -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