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Subject: Re: Virutal Interfaces how ??
In-Reply-To: <199704120548.PAA08378@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Apr 12, 97 03:18:29 pm"
To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 17:51:45 +1000 (EST)
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> Christiaan Keet stands accused of saying:
> > > 
> > > If alias is on different IP network:
> > > # ifconfig ed0 inet 194.9.12.99 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias
> > 
> > We use this quite extensively, but is there any way of de-configuring
> > one of these aliases without rebooting the machine?   With Linux you
> > can just do an 'ifconfig ed0 down' I believe. 
> 
> ifconfig ed0 delete
> 
> will remove one alias at a time.  Not perhaps as nice as being able to
> delete a nominated alias, but it can be adequate.
> 
> > Christiaan

Or you can use this undocumented option:

	ifconfig ed0 -alias ipaddr