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Date:      Tue, 7 Sep 2004 00:10:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:      kamal kc <rosey_kc@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   help:: configuring two network interfaces--message->>ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
Message-ID:  <20040907071030.53611.qmail@web13007.mail.yahoo.com>

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i have run into a mysterious problem.
The thing is that i wanted to configure to NIC cards.
I just put the card in the slot and booted FreeBSD. The 
card was detected. When i wanted to configure the nic card using the 
ifconfig command the following error message was reported.
ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
The same message was reported when i configured the rc.conf file and 
rebooted the computer.
Below i have copied the output of ifconfig and the rc.conf file
in case it could help solve the problem.
-----------------------------------------------------
kamal# ifconfig
rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.10.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.10.255
        inet6 fe80::250:fcff:feb6:4e1%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
        ether 00:50:fc:b6:04:e1
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
rl1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::2e0:4cff:feb0:cc%rl1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
        ether 00:e0:4c:b0:00:cc
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
        inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
        inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
----------------------------------------------
kamal# ifconfig rl1 192.168.10.2
ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
kamal#
----------------------------------------------
kamal# cat rc.conf
 i
 # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Tue Jan  1 00:34:50 2002
 # Created: Tue Jan  1 00:34:50 2002
 # Enable network daemons for user convenience.
 # Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
 # This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
 linux_enable="YES"
 sendmail_enable="YES"
 gateway_enable="YES"
 sshd_enable="YES"
 hostname="kamal.com"
 ifconfig_rl1="inet 192.168.10.1  netmask 255.255.255.0"
 ifconfig_rl0="inet 192.168.10.2  netmask 255.255.255.0"
 # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Tue Jan  1 01:29:12 2002
 moused_enable="YES"
kamal#
------------------------------------------------------------
The nic card is detected and configurable in WINDOWS xp and 
Redhat Linux 9
Another info---
one of the nic is built in with the board and another in add on.
please help!!

		
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