Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 07:25:24 -0700 From: Graeme Tait <graeme@echidna.com> To: Rowan Crowe <rowan@sensation.net.au>, Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig_if0_alias? Message-ID: <37456CD4.278E@echidna.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9905211338310.2432-100000@velvet.sensation.net.au>
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Rowan Crowe wrote: > > On Thu, 20 May 1999, Roger Marquis wrote: > > > Another problem with FreeBSD aliases is routing. For reasons which are > > not clear "ifconfig alias" doesn't automatically create a local route > > to the IP. With FreeBSD 2.2.8 and earlier at least this must be done > > manually: > > > > for h in $aliases1; do > > route add 207.246.84.$h 127.0.0.1 > > done > > ??? > > I have a 14 ifconfig_lo0_aliasX entries in my rc.conf on a FreeBSD 2.2.5-R > machine, and there is no need to add an explicit route. I checked and none > of the /etc/rc.* files seem to add in a route to 127.0.0.1. > > On a FreeBSD 2.2.2-R machine I have 16 'ifconfig lo0 alias' commands in > rc._local_ and again there's no need to add a route. Provided the netmask is 255.255.255.255 . See http://www.cypher.net/~black/ipalias.html which is listed under http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ . -- Graeme Tait - Echidna To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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