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Date:      Sat, 12 Apr 1997 11:45:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jamie Bowden <jamie@inna.net>
To:        proff@suburbia.net
Cc:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Virutal Interfaces how ??
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970412114455.12426A-100000@dolphin.inna.net>
In-Reply-To: <19970412075145.3661.qmail@suburbia.net>

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On Sat, 12 Apr 1997 proff@suburbia.net wrote:

> > 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
> 

Or even use the documented:

ifconfig de0 666.666.666.666 alias delete

And all will work well.  

Jamie Bowden

Network Administrator, TBI Ltd.




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