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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 22:44:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Jose Monteiro <jm@pluriproj.pt>
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Subject: Re: ifconfig alias
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On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Jose Monteiro wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> How do I use the alias operand in ifconfig?

ifconfig <interface> <IP of alias> netmask 255.255.255.255 alias

See `man ifconfig'.

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