Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 7 Aug 2001 20:15:58 -0400
From:      "alexus" <ml@db.nexgen.com>
To:        "Marius Strom" <marius@marius.org>, "Colin Campbell" <sgcccdc@citec.qld.gov.au>
Cc:        <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: (OT) Re: another ip as alias on NIC doesn't work properly
Message-ID:  <002401c11f9f$4d129890$0100a8c0@alexus>
References:  <001501c11f94$c54b1ea0$0d00a8c0@alexus> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0108080906110.88546-100000@guru.citec.qld.gov.au> <20010807184317.Q1013@marius.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marius Strom" <marius@marius.org>
To: "Colin Campbell" <sgcccdc@citec.qld.gov.au>
Cc: "alexus" <ml@db.nexgen.com>; <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 7:43 PM
Subject: (OT) Re: another ip as alias on NIC doesn't work properly


> Can this thread be clobbered until we get some realistic troubleshooting

I would *love* to provide you with any kind of information related to this
issue, i just don't know what else to provide you with
I post my ifconfig, routing table, irc client, detailed problem
what else?

> information here?  I think 99.9% of people on this list do agree that

i'm sure it does, it works fine on my other boxes..

> ethernet address aliasing does work on FreeBSD, and let's leave it at
> that.
>
> On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 09:09:39AM +1000, Colin Campbell wrote:
> > > question still remains... why wouldn't it work
> > >
> > > i mean ircing using 2nd ip
> >
> > I don't know. Maybe your irc software doesn't really do what it says it
> > does. Maybe the -H doesn't work if it's not a real interface. Why don't
> > you have a look at the code? It won't be that hard to work out what it
> > does with the -H option. Look for code around calls to "bind()".
> >
> > Colin
> > --
> > Colin Campbell
> > Unix Support/Postmaster/Hostmaster
> > CITEC
> > +61 7 3006 4710
> >
> >
>
> --
> Marius Strom <marius@marius.org>
> Professional Geek/Unix System Administrator
> URL: http://www.marius.org/
> http://www.marius.org/marius.pgp 0xF5D89089 *updated 2001-02-26*
>
> It is a natural law. Physics tells us that for every action, there must be
an
> equal and opposite reaction. They hate us, we hate them, they hate us back
and
> so, here we are, victims of mathematics.
> -- Londo, "A Voice in the Wilderness I"
>


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?002401c11f9f$4d129890$0100a8c0>