Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 18:13:23 +1100 (EST) From: Shigetoh Kumagai <shigetoh@zip.com.au> To: Kurt Keller <Kurt@pinboard.com> Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP aliases Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95LJ1.1b3.981222180727.23635D-100000@summer.kumagai.nf> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.16.19981221225911.439f4d8a@pop.pbdhome.pinboard.com>
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Kurt, Have you looked at /etc/rc.conf file? There is a sample setting for network alias. ------> Sail OZ Shigetoh Kumagai On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, 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. > > Kurt > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ¦ Kurt@pinboard.com http://www.pinboard.com/ business ¦ > ¦ http://www.pinboard.com/kurt/ private ¦ > ¦--------------------------------------------------------------------¦ > ¦ Unix and Internet Specialist ¦ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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