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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!newshub.cts.com!sd!mdavis From: mdavis@sd.cts.com (Morgan Davis) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problems with ifconfig alias Date: 29 Sep 1995 16:18:20 GMT Organization: CTS Network Services (CTSNET), San Diego, CA Lines: 7 Message-ID: <44h68c$6d5@news2.cts.com> References: <812379733.26943@kiss.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: sd-i2.cts.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Phil Taylor (phil@zipmail.co.uk) wrote: : ifconfig ed1 inet 194.70.220.59 netmask 0xffffff00 alias : I always get the response : : ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists Try using 0xffffffff as your netmask.