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Date:      Tue, 22 Dec 1998 00:13:32 -0700
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Kurt Keller <Kurt@pinboard.com>
Cc:        net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IP aliases
Message-ID:  <367F469C.E57CD5C2@softweyr.com>
References:  <3.0.5.16.19981221225911.439f4d8a@pop.pbdhome.pinboard.com>

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Kurt Keller wrote:
> 
> On my FreeBSD 2.2.5 server I need to assign at least one more IP
> address to the ethernet card (only one, not even a slot free for an
> additional card). So I did
> 
>         ifconfig ed1 inet 192.168.0.8 alias
> 
> ifconfig -a shows the additional address together with the already
> assigned one (192.168.0.1) and from other stations, I can also access
> it. However, on the server itself no route is created (netstat -nr) for
> this new virtual interface, neither can the server access itself (ping,
> telnet or anything) on this virtual address. Both addresses, .1 and .8
> are on the same subnet.
> 
> Did I miss something or is this the way FreeBSD is supposed to behave?
> I often do this kind of stuff on Solaris because there are not enough
> sbus slots for the number of token ring interfaces required. On Solaris
> the new virtual interface gets a name of its own (tr0 for the physical
> interface, tr0:1, tr0:2, tr0:3 etc. for the added virtual ones) and
> also the route entries are created accordingly.

I believe you need to add "netmask 255.255.255.255" to the end of the
"ifconfig alias" command.  Checking...

Yup, that's it.

-- 
       "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                 Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr                      wes@softweyr.com

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