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Date:      Tue, 25 Mar 2003 13:34:29 +0100
From:      =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sten_Daniel_S=F8rsdal?= <sten.daniel.sorsdal@wan.no>
To:        "Murat USTUNTAS" <ustuntas@bimel.com.tr>, <stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: ifconfig alias file exists error
Message-ID:  <0AF1BBDF1218F14E9B4CCE414744E70F1F3C83@exchange.wanglobal.net>

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> Hello all,
> I want to put second IP on my nic cart. I have been using =
FreeBSD-4.8-RC,
> when i put the command,
> ifconfig rl0 alias xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> returns me:
> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
> What is the problem?

> Regards,
> Murat Ustuntas

It could be that either there is a route for that network in your =
routing table.
Or that you have previously removed the IP address without also =
specifying netmask
and thus you have the route in your routing table.=20

- Sten

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