From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 19 19:27:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5332516A4CE for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:27:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BCB443D46 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:27:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7AB812AAB2 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:27:49 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17466-02 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:27:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-222-46-91.eastlink.ca [24.222.46.91]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6022C12AAB1 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:27:49 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A6E2A45FB3; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:27:50 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5D7F45F60 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:27:50 -0300 (ADT) Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:27:50 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041019162521.N98762@ganymede.hub.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org Subject: ifconfig alias: File Exists X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:27:53 -0000 Why would I be getting: # ifconfig fxp0 alias 200.46.204.9 ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists when I know for a fact that it hasn't been configured? # ping 200.46.204.9 PING 200.46.204.9 (200.46.204.9): 56 data bytes ^C --- 200.46.204.9 ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss there is nothing even in my arp cache: # arp -a | grep "(200.46.204.9)" # arp -a | grep "(200.46.204.91)" zer01.net (200.46.204.91) at 00:e0:81:21:d7:f6 on fxp0 [ethernet] ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664