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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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Subject: Re: IP ALIASING
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961010153711.29956B-100000@spirit.ki.net> from "Marc G. Fournier" at "Oct 10, 96 03:38:06 pm"
To: scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier)
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> > > >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.
> 
> Ummm, I've been using this under 2.2-Current for the past 6months, without
> any problems:
> 
> ifconfig ed0 alias 205.150.102.63 netmask 255.255.255.255

The problem is that point-to-point interfaces require a destination
IP address as well as a local one, like the error message says.

-Archie

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