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Date:      Fri, 01 Nov 96 11:13:33 -0500
From:      "Acee Lindem" <acee@raleigh.ibm.com>
To:        Inus Scheepers <inus@dockside.co.za>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org, gated-alpha@cornell.edu
Subject:   Re: IFconfig alias and Gated 
Message-ID:  <9611011613.AA19520@heavens-gated.raleigh.ibm.com>

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Inus Scheepers <inus@dockside.co.za>  writes:


> 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!
> --

Add the following to /etc/gated.conf and see if it still happens: 

interfaces { interface all passive; }; 


Acee

P.S. I don't know when I'll get to Cape Town. 



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