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Date:      Thu, 10 Oct 1996 11:55:53 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        "Eric J. Chet" <ejc@gargoyle.bazzle.com>
Cc:        Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: IP ALIASING 
Message-ID:  <493.844973753@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Oct 1996 14:46:11 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95.961010144443.28346A-100000@gargoyle.bazzle.com> 

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> Hello
> 	Why does this not work with ppp0 under -current?
> 
> >ifconfig ppp0 alias 206.103.246.162 netmask 0xffffffff
> >ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Destination address required

Because it's not the correct syntax for an ifconfig command? ;-)

If you read the man page, you'll see that alias is a parameter and, as
such, must follow the address, not precede it.

					Jordan



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