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Date:      Mon, 26 Aug 2002 13:18:57 +0700
From:      budsz <budsz@kumprang.or.id>
To:        FBSDQ <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: How to configure multiple IPs on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20020826061857.GC1767@kumprang.kumprang.or.id>
In-Reply-To: <3D69A483.CB60E520@audiblefaith.com>
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On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 08:46:11PM -0700, Roger Harrell wrote:
>I added the lines
>ifconfig_fxp0_alias0="inet anotherserverip netmask 255.255.255.0"
>ifconfig_fxp0_alias1="inet anotherserverip netmask 255.255.255.0"
>to rc.conf but haven't rebooted, I'm a bit nervous that something's not
>quite right. 
>
>When I do:
>ifconfig fxp0 inet myextractip netmask 255.255.255.0 add
>I get the error:
>ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
>
>I get the same error if I run it:
>ifconfig fxp0 inet myextractip netmask 255.255.255.0 alias
>
>What am I missing?

For assure, You should check all of interface (ifconfig -a) that is
already "up/down". "ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists" I think
this error message mean You repeating entry to database interface.

-- 
budsz

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