Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:42:11 +0300 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass9573@gmx.com> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, claudiu vasadi <claudiu.vasadi@gmail.com> Subject: Re: ifconfig -alias - removed wrong ip ? Message-ID: <4A9D40D3.3060308@gmx.com> In-Reply-To: <6201873e0909010749m359888eby25e8d3aae9e1d36d@mail.gmail.com> References: <4f760c6a0909010620u691e4e0et9e5d624443cc2a8f@mail.gmail.com> <6201873e0909010749m359888eby25e8d3aae9e1d36d@mail.gmail.com>
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Adam Vande More wrote: > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:20 AM, claudiu vasadi <claudiu.vasadi@gmail.com>wrote: >> 1.) Is it normal for the ifconfig rl0 -alias to remove the "normal" IP and >> not the alias one ? (I think that by this syntax it could be right but the >> parameter "-alias" is specified and the OS should know to remove the alias >> IP and not the normal IP) >> > Yes Yes, there is no difference between "normal" and alias IP. alias is the keyword used by the ifconfig utility to add an other IP address to an interface. All IP addresses bound to an interface are equivalent, I mean there is any hierarchy of importance of the addresses. "ifconfig int0 -alias" just happens to remove the first IP address. You really should use "ifconfig int0 delete 192.168.0.1" >> 2) I dnt really understand why am I not able to connect to the second >> (alias) ip? It seems that somehow it's dependant to the "normal" one >> > Yup, you need to re-init networking to regain access. Most probably, you rendered the default gateway unreachable with the removal of the IP. Nikos
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