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From: tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu (Mark Tinguely)
Subject: Re: Alias on network card
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In article <ortegaD86q5v.B5w@netcom.com> ortega@netcom.com (John Ortega) writes:
>
>Does anyone know if it multiple aliases can be used on a network card in 
>FreeBSD. I would like to use the ifconfig alias option to configure a 
>network card to have a number of aliases. Is this ok to do ?

yes, it works good. for example:

ifconfig ed0 inet 134.129.125.1
ifconfig ed0 inet 134.129.125.2 alias
ifconfig ed0 inet 134.129.125.3 alias
ifconfig ed0 inet 134.129.125.4 alias
ifconfig ed0 inet 134.129.125.5 alias

--mark.