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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!pipex-sa.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!sandmann.prz.tu-berlin.de!loch.in-brb.de!bluesprings.in-brb.de!not-for-mail From: nuggets@bluesprings.in-brb.de (Lars Hentschke) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Multiple Ip Addresses Date: 5 Mar 1996 18:34:58 +0100 Organization: Brandenburg Individual Network e.V. Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4hhu02$b2r@bluesprings.in-brb.de> References: <4hgcl0$5p@plaster.csdc.toshiba.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: bluesprings.in-brb.de X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] John Creasey (johnc@csdc.toshiba.com.au) wrote: : I used: : ifconfig lo0 alias a.b.c.d netmask 0xffffff00 : to set up an alias, but I have found that : none of the other machines can see the new address. The other machine are reachable over ethernet (like ed0 or de0), but you setup loopback (lo0). arp-infos will be spread around only in a subnet, not through gateways. Lars.