From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 31 08:21:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA18006 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 08:21:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from gull.dockside.co.za (gull.dockside.co.za [196.34.54.8]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA17989 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 08:20:44 -0800 (PST) Received: (from inus@localhost) by gull.dockside.co.za (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA00563; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 18:22:23 +0200 From: Inus Scheepers Message-Id: <199610311622.SAA00563@gull.dockside.co.za> Subject: IFconfig alias and Gated To: dennis@et.htp.com Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 18:22:23 +0200 (SAT) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, gated-alpha@cornell.edu X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi I'm getting the same problem - running gated, and it seems that it deletes the alias addresses! I have to add them by hand to get it to work... I first do the normal ifconfig ed1 196.34.54.9 alias netmask 0xffffffff Then, I ping it. If it doesn't reply, I repeat the command, with a different netmask: ifconfig ed1 196.34.54.9 alias netmask 0xffffff00 This gives me 'file exists', and I repeat the first one again, ping, try the second one, and so on until it works. Fun! I need gated to route the incoming PPP lines - if anyone can help me fix this... a free weekend in Cape Town! -- Inus