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From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To: jasonm@webace.com.au
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Subject: Re: Adding IP Addresses
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On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Jason McKay wrote:

> Having a problem adding IP address aliases for virtual web sites.  I add
> the line:
> 
> ifconfig_ed0_alias0="inet 203.25.160.156 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> 
> to my /etc/rc.conf (FreeBSD 2.2.2) ...  Also add,
> 
> 203.25.160.156    webology.webace.com.au webology
> 
> in my /etc/hosts file.
> 
> Now, strange thing is .. I can ping 203.25.160.156 from all other machines
> on our LAN and from another provider.. but I can not ping 203.25.160.156
> from the local console...
> 
> Any Ideas?

If it's on the same subnet as the primary address for the interface, use 
a netmask of all 1's (i.e. 255.255.255.255) for the alias.

> 
> - Jason.
> 
> 
Nadav