From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 27 21:21:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA23000 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 21:21:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from thor.inlink.com (thor.inlink.com [206.196.96.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA22992 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 21:21:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rayseals@midwestis.com) Received: from sparc.midwestis.com (sparc.midwestis.com [206.196.126.220]) by thor.inlink.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id XAA25438 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 23:20:42 -0600 Received: from rseals (pppw48.htc.net [208.165.192.48]) by sparc.midwestis.com (8.8.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA03455 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 23:21:21 -0600 (CST) Reply-To: From: "Ray Seals" To: "Freebsd-Questions" Subject: ifconfig/aliases question Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 23:30:06 -0600 Message-ID: <004001be3223$209173c0$0f01000a@rseals.midwestis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have a FreeBSD server with the following IP addresses: 10.0.1.111 10.0.1.112 This is accomplished with the following commands and were they are located: ifconfig_fxp0="inet 10.0.1.111 netmask 255.255.255.0" <- sysconfig defaultrouter="10.0.1.1" <- sysconfig ifconfig fxp0 inet 10.0.1.112 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias <- rc.local I can ping both addresses. I run apache which services both IP addresses. >From the server itself I can ping the 10.0.1.111 address. I cannot ping the 10.0.1.112 address from the server. The ping returns the following info: PING 10.0.1.112 (10.0.1.112): 56 data bytes ping: sendto: Host is down ping: wrote 10.0.1.112 64 chars, ret=-1 Why can't I ping the aliased address from the server? Any help is appreciated, Ray ---------------------------------------- Midwest Information Systems http://www.midwestis.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ray Seals Systems Consultant rayseals@midwestis.com Direct Dial: 314.930.0479 Office: 314.423.8377 ext. 113 Fax: 314.423.3944 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "Providing clear vision to the future" ---------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message