Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 14:20:10 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: "Jeffrey J. Libman" <jeffrl@wantabe.com> Cc: Wayne M Barnes <stabilizer@klentaq.com>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Help with ifconfig Message-ID: <19991111142009.Y393@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911110642450.12815-100000@binnacle.wantabe.com> References: <199911110440.WAA01899@klentaq.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911110642450.12815-100000@binnacle.wantabe.com>
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On Thu, Nov 11, 1999 at 06:45:00AM -0600, a little birdie told me that Jeffrey J. Libman remarked > for freeBSD this is the simplest: > > i have the following lines in /etc/rc.conf: > > ifconfig_lo0_alias1="inet 209.16.8.6 netmask 0xffffff00" > ifconfig_lo0_alias2="inet 209.16.8.7 netmask 0xffffff00" > ifconfig_lo0_alias3="inet 209.16.8.82 netmask 0xffffff00" > ifconfig_lo0_alias4="inet 209.16.8.87 netmask 0xffffff00" > ifconfig_lo0_alias5="inet 209.16.8.122 netmask 0xffffff00" > ifconfig_lo0_alias6="inet 209.16.8.10 netmask 0xffffff00" > ifconfig_lo0_alias7="inet 209.16.8.102 netmask 0xffffff00" > ifconfig_lo0_alias8="inet 209.16.8.206 netmask 0xffffff00" > > the rc.network code reads these and does the ifconfig lines automatically. This becomes ungodly ugly when you have 3 or 4 C's. Better to use an external script. And do you REALLY want a /24 netmask on all of them?? -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ FutureSouth Communications | ISPHelp ISP Consulting "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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