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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!News.LiveNet.Net!ns1 From: jsloan@livnet.com (Jim Sloan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How to do ifconfig alias Date: Fri, 12 Apr 96 00:25:51 GMT Organization: LiveNet, Inc. Lines: 44 Message-ID: <4kk87e$pko@PaperBoy.LiveNet.Net> References: <316D1F69.9D9@shoreland.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: green.colours.livenet.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 In article <316D1F69.9D9@shoreland.com>, Thanva Khouvongsavanh <thanva@shoreland.com> wrote: >Hola, > >I am having trouble doing ifconfig alias. > >I setup the ethernet card in sysconfig > > ifconfig eth0 204.29.202.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 > >then in rc.local I do a > > ifconfig eth0 204.29.202.10 alias 204.29.202.11 > >Sometime this works, but sometime it doesent. > >why? > >Thanks > >Thanva the format of the command is ifconfig eth0 204.29.202.11 alias you only need the alias you are adding, it already has 204.29.292.10 in the table. don't forget to route add -host 204.29.292.11 127.0.0.1 and you also might want to arp -s eth0 MAC_address proxy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Sloan jsloan@livenet.net Vice President LiveNet, Inc. 413 Davis St. Suite 106 Full Service Internet Provider Virginia Beach VA 23462 Dialup and dedicated connections Ph: 804-499-9328 Virtual Web, Email, and FTP hosting http://www.livenet.net info@livenet.net webmaster@livenet.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------