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Date:      Sat, 17 Aug 1996 13:43:58 +0000 ()
From:      "Lenzi, Sergio" <lenzi@bsi.com.br>
To:        Ulf Schmidt <slash@microtronic.de>
Cc:        Question freeBSD <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: virtual IPs - more specific question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960817134118.12949B-100000@sergio.lenzi>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.960817122842.28911B-100000@elle.microtronic.de>

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On Sat, 17 Aug 1996, Ulf Schmidt wrote:

> Hi,
> I now know that a named works on a virtual IP. At least it does under
> Linux if I configure the interface as follows (on Linux 2.0.7):
> /sbin/ifconfig eth0:0 x.x.x.x netmask 255.255.255.192 broadcast 194.64.170.63
> /sbin/route add -host 194.64.170.41 dev eth0:0
> 
> Unfortunatly, I can't get this IP aliasing to work under FreeBSD. If I try
> to set an alias w/ FreeBSD and specify a netmask other than 0xffffffff, I
> get:
> # ifconfig de0 194.64.170.16 alias netmask 0xffffffc0
> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
> # ifconfig de0 194.64.170.16 alias netmask 0xffffffff
> works fine, but then a named won't respond on that interface.
> 

Hello Ulf.

I had simillar problems with my BSD also.

I solved it, by adding a reverse addr on named.boot to that interface
and boot up named.

primary 170.64.194.in-addr.arpa	xx.rev

at this time, named is found on net 194.64.170.x


This worked for me...

Sergio Lenzi.

Unix consult.




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