From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jul 31 21:12:10 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id VAA07633 for current-outgoing; Mon, 31 Jul 1995 21:12:10 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id VAA07623 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 1995 21:11:45 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id OAA27958; Tue, 1 Aug 1995 14:01:30 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199508010431.OAA27958@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: ifconfig nit... To: pete@pelican.com (Pete Carah) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 14:01:30 +0930 (CST) Cc: current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Pete Carah" at Jul 31, 95 03:27:45 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 850 Sender: current-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk This should have gone to questions@ > I've found on trying a multihomed-www trick (using the advice in the > FAQ coupled with some from Cerfnet's web folks) that ifconfig xxxxx alias > works but gives an error message that might make some think it isn't > working. > > -------------------------------------------------------- > ns# ifconfig ed0 205.199.148.10 alias > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists add netmask 255.255.255.255 to the ifconfig. > -- Pete -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[