From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue May 29 22:50: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29A4137B422 for ; Tue, 29 May 2001 22:50:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f4U5o5S91260; Tue, 29 May 2001 22:50:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 22:50:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200105300550.f4U5o5S91260@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Bill Swingle Subject: Re: bin/22489: mass IP aliasing via ifconfig broken Reply-To: Bill Swingle Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/22489; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bill Swingle To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, ryanb@enteract.com Cc: Subject: Re: bin/22489: mass IP aliasing via ifconfig broken Date: 29 May 2001 22:43:34 -0700 Why don't you just use the aliasing mechanisim that is built into /etc/rc.network? ifconfig_de0_alias0="inet 64.81.6.35 netmask 255.255.255.255" ifconfig_de0_alias1="inet 64.81.6.36 netmask 255.255.255.255" ifconfig_de0_alias2="inet 64.81.6.37 netmask 255.255.255.255" ifconfig_de0_alias3="inet 64.81.6.38 netmask 255.255.255.255" etc.... I'm not so sure this is a problem with FreeBSD since there is a perfectly reasonable way to go about this that works. -Bill -- -=| --- Bill Swingle --- http://www.dub.net/ -=| unfurl@dub.net - unfurl@freebsd.org -=| Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Ball(tm) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message