Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 17:23:02 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Adding Interface alias on the fly Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020607172302.00fc2288@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <20020607185901.O82269-100000@localhost> References: <3.0.5.32.20020607161614.00fc2288@mail.sage-one.net>
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At 07:00 PM 6.7.2002 -0300, Fernando Gleiser wrote: >On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Jack L. Stone wrote: > >> I need to add an alias to the public interface "on the fly". This is what >> the entry would look like in the rc.conf: >> ifconfig_rl1_alias1="inet 65.71.135.139 netmask 255.255.255.255" >> >> ...and, this is what # ifconfig rl1 would then show when above line is loaded: >> inet 65.71.135.138 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 65.71.135.139 >> >> What is the correct command syntax to add the above alias on the fly...?? > >man ifconfig > >and look at the 'alias' flag. > Fer Fer: Thanks, but I have read the ifconfig man pages and am familiar with *some* of its uses for adding/removing addresses, but, it is rather crytic to me and I am unsure about add another alias without it removing or replacing another alias (alias0 for instance) I want left in. Arie's answer just a fe minutes ago sounds like a good approach... do you agree with this which seems more exact for the configuration that would be loaded on a reboot - without rebooting of course which is the objective here... plus, not messing up: "....After adding the configuration on /etc/rc.conf, you can simply execute /etc/netstart and that will reload your network configuration..." Thanks, to Arie too.... Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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