Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 04:35:30 -0700 From: curt@emergent.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: kern/752: ifconfig alias busted deep in networking code Message-ID: <199509281135.EAA07386@bluewhale.emergent.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199509281140.EAA11729@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 752 >Category: kern >Synopsis: setting multiple addresses for a single interfaces loses >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Sep 28 04:40:00 PDT 1995 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Curt Mayer >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 2.1 STABLE i386 >Environment: 2.1 STABLE, 486dx2-66, 2 ed interfaces >Description: on 1.1.5.1, when doing an ifconfig ed0 140.174.2.174 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias it works. on 2.1 STABLE, it is broken in 2 ways: ifconfig complains, and it does not work, even though netstat likes it. note that sometimes I have seen it work for interfaces other than the first one, and even for the first one, for a very short time. >How-To-Repeat: ifconfig ed0 140.174.2.174 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias ping 140.174.2.174 >Fix: no idea. rip out the multicast stuff and roll back to 1.1.5.1? nah. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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