Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:24:24 +0000 From: Pete Collins <pcollins@ocsny.com> To: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> Cc: jwg@netbox.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ifconfig Message-ID: <36AF2FA8.435BCB7D@ocsny.com> References: <199901272014.OAA08180@horton.iaces.com>
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got it thanks
pete
"Paul T. Root" wrote:
> In a previous message, Pete Collins said:
> > thanks guys
> >
> > will try now
> >
> > ifconfig vx0 inet 000.000.00.00 netmask 0xffffffc0 up
> >
> > however i dont need to specify alias22 ??
>
> Yep. Look in /etc/rc.network and you see what happens:
>
> alias=0
> while :
> do
> eval ifconfig_args=\$ifconfig_${ifn}_alias${alias}
> if [ -n "${ifconfig_args}" ]; then
> ifconfig ${ifn} ${ifconfig_args} alias
> alias=`expr ${alias} + 1`
> else
> break;
> fi
> done
>
> You'll see that the variable $alias is never actually used, currently.
>
> ${ifn} is vx0
> $alias is 22 for this example, but isn't used.
>
> > pete
> >
> > > If your asking how to add an alias w/out rebooting, I think it's:
> > >
> > > ifconfig vx0 inet 000.000.00.00 netmask 0xffffffc0 up
>
> As I said before, I screwed up here. "up" should be "alias"
>
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