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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!news.ultranet.com!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!nt.colmicrosys.com!teraform.com!fsc From: fsc@teraform.com (fcarver) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: IP aliases Date: 29 Sep 1995 21:04:12 GMT Organization: Teraform Lines: 33 Message-ID: <44hn0c$5qh@nt.colmicrosys.com> References: <4475n0$f91@homer.alpha.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.133.101.27 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Dean Roth (Dean_Roth@mgic.com) wrote: : If an IP alias is set, why is the IP not pingable from the computer on which the : alias exists, but it can be pinged from other computers? Hmm. Do you have a line such as this in your rc (or netstart) file: # configure localhost (loopback) interface ifconfig lo0 inet 127.1 also, the alias should be in your /etc/hosts file. Beyond that, it might be a routing problem outside your machine. Try using 'traceroute' and see what happens. I have a question too, What is the correct syntax for ifconfig when you want to delete and aliase. I've tried: # ifconfig ef0 inet xxx.xxx.xx.x delete where xxx.xxx.xx.x is an IP of an earlier set alias and it returns: ifconfig: delete: bad parameter (or something like that) According to the doc, it should work and remove the alias. This is something I need to do so any help is appreciated. -floyd