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From: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP: virtual interface
Date: 18 Feb 1996 01:51:38 -0800
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In article <4g1nns$gad@news.clinet.fi> merlin@dystopia.fi (Markku Makela) writes:
   Does anyone have a ported version of the "virtual interface"
   kernel code (netinet/if_vif.[ch]), which can be found in the

What's the function of this code?  IP aliasing?  You can already do
that with ifconfig (see man page concerning "alias" parameter).

						Jordan