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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!btnet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!kiss.demon.co.uk From: phil@zipmail.co.uk (Phil Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Problems with ifconfig alias Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 13:02:05 GMT Organization: Lan Systems Lines: 34 Message-ID: <812379733.26943@kiss.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: phil@zipmail.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: kiss.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: kiss.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 I am trying to configure an alias address for my ethernet card on FreeBSD 2.0.5R and it is not working. I have tried using command line and in an /etc/start_if.ed1 script various permutations of the following command. ifconfig ed1 inet 194.70.220.59 netmask 0xffffff00 alias I always get the response : ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists I have tried the command arguments in various different orders but to no avail. my sysconfig has the following lines: network_interfaces="ed1 tun0 lo0" ifconfig_ed1="inet 194.70.220.60 netmask 0xffffff00" ifconfig_tun0="inet kiss.demon.co.uk netmask 0xffff0000" I can talk to the machine fine using it main .60 address but not using the .58 one. Any ideas would be gratefully received. Thanks Phil Taylor phil@zipmail.co.uk