From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 7 17:02:34 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C840F106568F for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2012 17:02:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikel.king@olivent.com) Received: from mail.olivent.com (mail.olivent.com [75.99.82.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55CD88FC17 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2012 17:02:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.olivent.com (Kerio Connect 7.0.0 patch 1) (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher AES128-SHA (128 bits)); Wed, 7 Mar 2012 12:02:10 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: mikel king In-Reply-To: <4F5785D9.8050903@ose.nl> Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 12:02:02 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <0B0F630A-4768-4AB1-88A8-7BE35E5F7AD2@olivent.com> References: <4F577312.7070500@gmail.com> <4F577D9E.4020705@olivent.com> <4F5785D9.8050903@ose.nl> To: Bas Smeelen X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network interface aliasing? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:02:34 -0000 On Mar 7, 2012, at 10:59 AM, Bas Smeelen wrote: > On 03/07/2012 04:24 PM, Mikel King wrote: >> On 3/7/12 9:39 AM, Brent Clark wrote: >>> Hiya >>>=20 >>> I would like to ask. >>>=20 >>> Is it possible to, do network interface aliasing. Im not talking = about ip >>> aliasing. >>>=20 >>> I basically want to bind one process to network interface vr0:0 and >>> another process to vr0:1. >>>=20 >>> Thanks >>> Brent >>=20 >> Brent, >>=20 >> You can rename an interface to just about anything you wish. If the >> process allows for interface binding then you can use that new name. >>=20 >> = http://jafdip.com/index.php/2008/09/08/renaming-ethernet-interfaces-under-= freebsd-7x/ >>=20 >=20 > This gives the interface a different name. > It does not create an alias name for the interface as far as I = understand. >=20 > Kind regards, > Bas >=20 True but the alias option in BSD only allows for assigning another IP = address to an existing interface. Taking a second look at this request = it appears to be more of a subinterface phenomenon and not an alias at = all.=20 As far as I recall FreeBSD does not support this sort of subinterface = naming. But I wonder if there's a way to create pseudo interfaces to = pull something similar off, however wonder what's the point. cheers, m=20