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Date:      Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:22:36 -0500
From:      Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net>
To:        Damon Hammis <dhammis@verio.net>
Cc:        Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ethernet Alias limits?
Message-ID:  <19990112002236.A23069@palomine.net>
In-Reply-To: <02e801be3d9d$f37bf6e0$944845d1@Samantha.mi.verio.net>; from Damon Hammis on Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 03:07:01PM -0500
References:  <02e801be3d9d$f37bf6e0$944845d1@Samantha.mi.verio.net>

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On Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 03:07:01PM -0500, Damon Hammis wrote:
> I have them set up like this.
> 
> ifconfig_fxp1_alias0="xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 0xffffffe0"
> ifconfig_fxp1_alias1="xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.240"
> etc...on through 11.

I don't know if this is what's causing your problem, but the netmask on the
aliases should be 255.255.255.255, assuming the addresses are on the same
network as fxp1's real address.

Chris

> 
> --Damon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>
> To: Damon Hammis <dhammis@verio.net>
> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Date: Monday, January 11, 1999 1:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Ethernet Alias limits?
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >Damon Hammis wrote:
> >>
> >> Does anyone know if there are limits to the number of aliases you can put
> on
> >> one ethernet interface?
> >>
> >> I can't seem to get any of them to work after 10 or so.
> >
> >Don't think so - theres been people posting to these groups with 200+
> aliases
> >on one interface... How are you adding them? (i.e. what command line /
> >'/etc/rc.conf' entry?)
> >
> >-Kp
> >
> 
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