Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 05:56:44 -0500 From: Graeme Tait <graeme@echidna.com> To: Mark Turpin <yoonix@fidnet.com> Cc: Andrzej Szydlo <andrzej@maciek.gv.edu.pl>, sysadmin@skynetweb.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP Aliasing... Message-ID: <369F1EEC.2EE1@echidna.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9901142129260.17889-100000@two.fidnet.com>
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Mark Turpin wrote: > > Here is what I do: > wave# ifconfig ed1 (do this to get the MAC address) > ed1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 209.74.175.2 netmask 0xffffffc0 broadcast 209.74.175.63 > ether 00:40:f6:34:4b:19 > wave# ifconfig lo0 (just to show you what I have as default) > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > <snip to save space> > wave# ifconfig lo0 alias 209.74.175.61 (ifconfig it) > wave# arp -s 209.74.175.61 00:40:f6:34:4b:19 pub (arp it) Why is the arp necessary? You can just do ifconfig ed1 alias 209.74.175.61 netmask 255.255.255.255 (no arp, no route commands required). See http://www.cypher.net/~black/ipalias.html . This is referenced from the FreeBSD tutorials page. -- Graeme Tait - Echidna To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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