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Date:      Thu, 13 Jul 2000 19:34:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>
To:        Loren Koss <loren@pciway.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Still having problems with NIC alias..
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007131932360.84190-100000@pawn.primelocation.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007131723360.1457-100000@unix.pciway.com>

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On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Loren Koss wrote:

> Only the primary IP address will respond on the network.  Why is
> this??  The alias IP will respond if I ping it from the box itself.  But
> wont respond if I ping from the network its attached to or through the
> other nic i have in the box..
> 
> Diagram
> 
> --------------| rl0 a.b.c.d (primary ip)   192.168.1.1 rl1 |-----------
> Internet            a.b.c.e (alias ip)                      Internal Net
> 

Without knowing what command/rc.conf entry you are using to create the
alias, it is difficult to determine the problem.  However: a) is the
alias's netmask 255.255.255.255 (if on the same network as the
primary)?  b) firewalling rules?  c) sunspots?

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Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org
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