Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 05:17:53 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: tqbf@enteract.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Q] ifconfig, alias, arp, wrong address Message-ID: <3710.832853873@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 May 1996 06:50:35 CDT." <199605231150.GAA06630@enteract.com>
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> For some weird reason, every once in a while, the interface displays > (in ifconfig) one of the alias addresses instead of the real address. > This is no big deal, because everything still works (including the "real" > address)... more disconcerting, however, is that the netmask gets reset > to 0xffffffff (the netmask for the alias address), causing arp to scream > at me while I'm doing important things like IRC. That's very strange indeed. Before we try to debug this, however, can you try something first? If you have *any* NIC other than the Intel Etherexpress around, could you try swapping that into this machine? The ix0 driver is really really broken in lots of interesting ways and is currently slated for a complete rewrite (pending the resolution of some paperwork issues with Intel), so I don't trust one in any machine (we have about 10 of them on a shelf, if anyone's interested in buying a stack of them real cheap :-). I'd suggest an SMC or Compex card of some sort - the things are very cheap these days! Jordan
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