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Date:      Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:42:24 -0500
From:      "Charlie Schloemer" <charlie@infoworks.net>
To:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Erin" <Kahn@deadbbs.com>
Subject:   Re: Adding an IP alias without a reboot.
Message-ID:  <200010171937.OAA14899@smtp.intop.net>
In-Reply-To: <004d01c03866$e3edb540$e815820a@sdccd.cc.ca.us>

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On 17 Oct 00, at 11:20, Erin wrote:

> I have a production machine whos IP is going to change. I have to add an
> aliased IP to it for a while from a completely different subnet then by the
> middle of next month have everything changed over (i.e. defaultrouter, dns
> servers, etc.). I'd like to do this with out rebooting the machine if
> possable.
> 
> The machine in question is a 3.3-RELEASE and is colocated with very limited
> access.

ifconfig will allow you to create an alias without rebooting.  Check 
the man pages for more information, specifically, look for the 'alias' 
option.  The syntax is easy.  :-)

-Charlie




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