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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!portal.austin.ibm.com!bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com!sernews.raleigh.ibm.com!rtp.vnet.ibm.com!tjevans From: tjevans@rtp.vnet.ibm.com (Thomas J. Evans) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: multiple IP addresses per interface Date: 31 Aug 1995 11:42:22 GMT Organization: TCP/IP Development Lines: 14 Distribution: world Message-ID: <42476u$1uug@sernews.raleigh.ibm.com> References: <423m4d$43d@almond.elite.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: evans.raleigh.ibm.com In article <423m4d$43d@almond.elite.net>, nate@elite.net (Nate Lawson) writes: |> I have been trying to use the 'alias' option of ifconfig to allow our |> ethernet interface "ed0" to respond to multiple IP's. I've never done it |> on FreeBSD before, but I understand that the Solaris syntax is as follows: |> |> ifconfig ed0 1.2.3.4 |> ifconfig ed0 1.2.3.5 alias Above is correct, if you try to ping 1.2.3.5 from another machine it will work. An ifconfig ed0 will just display the first address. -- Tom Evans TCP/IP Development TJEVANS@VNET.IBM.COM; (919) 254-4097 Normal disclaimer applies...