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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!metro!metro!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.simplex.nl!xs1!rob From: rob@xs1.simplex.nl (Rob Simons) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Multiple ip aliases in one network Date: 2 Apr 1996 10:29:35 GMT Organization: SimpleX Networking Amsterdam Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4jqvif$gb1@news.simplex.nl> References: <4jobg3$ou5@studs2.sci.kun.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: xs1.simplex.nl X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jos Vissers (jvissers@sci.kun.nl) wrote: : Can somebody explain why I can assign multiple ip aliases to a : single ethernet card only when these other ip adresses are on : a different network. : My ed0 interface has ip address 192.168.0.9 : ifconfig ed0 alias 192.168.3.9 works, so does any other address with : the network part different from previous aliases. : ifconfig ed0 alias 192.168.0.10 doesn't work, nor does any address : with the network part the same as a previous alias. Apparently it does work if you specify the netmask as 0xffffffff when the addresses are in the same C-net. (It will give an error though) - Rob. -- /*--------------------------------------------------------------*\ /* Rob Simons | rob@simplex.nl *\ /* ------------ | ------------- | -------- | ------- *\ /* Novell Netware System Operator | UNIX system operator *\ /*--------------------------------------------------------------*\