From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 17 15:19:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D09716A401 for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:19:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: from wjv.com (fl-65-40-24-38.sta.embarqhsd.net [65.40.24.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B5A213C4DB for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:19:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (localhost.wjv.com [127.0.0.1]) by wjv.com (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l2HEwMe3027217; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:58:22 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: (from bv@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l2HEwGoO027216; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:58:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bv) Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:58:16 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion To: Colin Waring Message-ID: <20070317145816.GA27192@wjv.com> References: <55580.84.92.207.22.1174140633.squirrel@mail.southportcomputers.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <55580.84.92.207.22.1174140633.squirrel@mail.southportcomputers.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park ReplyTo: bv@wjv.com X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on bilver.wjv.com Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Troubleshooting aliases. X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bv@wjv.com List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:19:22 -0000 Somewhere around Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 14:10 , the world stopped and listened as Colin Waring graced us with this profound tidbit of wisdom that would fulfill the enjoyment of future generations: > Hi folks, > Been running into brick walls since last night on this one. > Situation is that our server has 6.1-RELEASE on it with four IP addresses. > > The section of rc.conf is this: > > ifconfig_em0="inet a.a.a.a netmask 255.255.255.0" > ifconfig_em0_alias0="inet a.a.a.b netmask 255.255.255.255" > ifconfig_em0_alias1="inet a.a.a.c netmask 255.255.255.255" > ifconfig_em0_alias2="inet a.a.a.d netmask 255.255.255.255" > For some reason, with no updates or changes both a.a.a.b and > a.a.a.c have stopped working properly. a.a.a.a works fine, as > does a.a.a.d. > > Unfortunately, the nameservers for the domains hosted on the > server use a.a.a.b and a.a.a.c! > So basically I can't figure out what's up as .d works fine..anyone able to > help me with some suggestions of where to look for fixing .b and .c? You showed up your rc.conf. What might be more helpful is the output of 'ifconfig'. Perhaps the aliases have been deleted. Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com