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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news.jsums.edu!news2.cais.net!news.cais.net!chi-news.cic.net!news.math.psu.edu!news.iag.net!newsfeed.kdcol.net!news.ios.com!haven.ios.com!gmann From: gmann@haven.ios.com (Glen Mann) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Multiple Ip Addresses Date: 8 Mar 1996 03:30:45 GMT Organization: Phrantic Physics Lines: 37 Message-ID: <4ho9l5$l2a@news.ios.com> References: <4hgcl0$5p@plaster.csdc.toshiba.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: haven.ios.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I had success with ifconfig de0 inet alias a.b.c.d but had seen that another post had put a netmask (ffffffff I think) on the end. Anyone know why the netmask? The IP I used was valid and within the same domain as the "base" host. John Creasey (johnc@csdc.toshiba.com.au) wrote: : I have been trying to get multiple ip addresses to work. : 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. : I tried using : arp -s a.b.c.d x:y:z:.. pub : and that seems : to work, but I'm not sure if this is the right way to go : about setting this up. I haven't seen anyone else mention : using arp directly. : Does anyone know if this is correct? : -- : --------------------------------------------------------------------- : John Creasey johnc@csdc.toshiba.com.au -- gmann@haven.ios.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gary Willis: "If I had to put D'Addario strings on my bass, I'd give up music and become a drummer." Scott Henderson: "GHS Progressives suck." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~