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Date:      Fri, 15 Sep 1995 12:32:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
To:        mmead@Glock.COM (matthew c. mead)
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: more ifconfig alias problems...
Message-ID:  <199509151932.MAA00247@ref.tfs.com>
In-Reply-To: <199509151615.MAA07761@Glock.COM> from "matthew c. mead" at Sep 15, 95 12:15:51 pm

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> 
> 	I'm doing the following to add a second address to my FreeBSD
> 2.0.5R production environment machine:
> 
> root@Glock % nslookup neon
> Server:  localhost.COM
> Address:  127.0.0.1
> 
> Name:    neon.Glock.COM
> Address:  198.82.228.159
> 
> root@Glock % ifconfig ed0 neon alias netmask 255.255.255.0
> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
> root@Glock % telnet neon
> Trying 198.82.228.159...
> ^C
> root@Glock % ifconfig ed0 delete neon
> root@Glock % ifconfig ed0 alias neon netmask 255.255.255.0
                                                        ^^^^^
make the netmask on aliases be 255.255.255.255
there was talk of making this the default when an 'alias' but I don't
know if it was done
 
> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
> root@Glock % telnet neon
> Trying 198.82.228.159...
> ^C
> root@Glock % ifconfig ed0 delete neon
> root@Glock %
> 
> 
> 
> 	Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or do I need to upgrade?
> 
> 
> -matt
> 	
> -- 
> Matthew C. Mead
> 
> mmead@Glock.COM              | Network Administration and Software Development
> http://www.Glock.COM/~mmead/ | Consulting: BizNet Technologies -> mmead@bnt.com
> 




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