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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!news.ultranet.com!news.sprintlink.net!buffnet2.buffnet.net!buffnet3!shovey From: shovey@buffnet.net (steve hovey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problem with ifconfig alias Date: 8 Aug 1995 09:21:47 GMT Organization: BuffNET Lines: 29 Message-ID: <407abb$puq@buffnet2.buffnet.net> References: <400tlf$5na@alpha.aladdin.co.uk> <402kj1$jv6@nnrp1.primenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: buffnet3.buffnet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Larry Kruper (lak@primenet.com) wrote: : chris@aladdin.net wrote: : >In article <3vuhco$86n@gate.sinica.edu.tw>, taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao) : >writes: : > : >>In article <3vtud3$inv@alpha.aladdin.co.uk>, <chris@aladdin.net> wrote: : >>: : >>:Can anyone help explain what is happening in the example below. : >>:I need multiple IP addresses on the same interface in order to : >>:run multiple www servers. This works fine under Linux but something : >>:odd is happening under FreeBSD which I would like to switch to. : >>[...] : >>:bash# /sbin/ifconfig ed1 alias 193.119.96.55 : >>:ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists : >>:^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Weird error message what file : >> : >> Try using a 0xffffffff netmask on your alias: : >> : >>ifconfig ed1 193.119.96.55 netmask 0xffffffff alias : > : >Works fine, thanks a lot for the reply : > : : I would like to try this as well. I am willing to shamelessly copy this : example, but I would prefer to understand all the applications for this : feature. I hit this error and just ussied the command twice to get it to take. Perhaps this is my tcp/ip problem with the web. Hmm...