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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!athos.itribe.net!server.esva.net!server.esva.net!thom From: Thom Henderson <thom@esva.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Multiple IPs alias for an ethernet interface? Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 11:44:21 -0500 Organization: The Eastern Shore of Virginia Network Lines: 16 Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.951207114255.13383A-100000@server.esva.net> References: <4a0o9p$j4@news.cis.nctu.edu.tw> <4a1ove$a9@hops.entertain.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: server.esva.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4a1ove$a9@hops.entertain.com> On 5 Dec 1995, Darryl Watson wrote: > In article <4a0o9p$j4@news.cis.nctu.edu.tw>, JacksonWeng@acer.net (Jackson Weng) says: > >I'd followed the FAQ to add another IP alias for the single ethernet > ><snip> > >then I try to ping 203.66.109.200 but it doesn't answer me, > >How come? Any information will be appreciated! > > Try the following: > > route add -host 203.66.109.200 127.1 > > This adds the route to your local interface. You mean you're _supposed_ to do it that way?!?! I had found that that works, but thought it was just a kludge until I learned better.