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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Alias IP to a Network Card
Date: 30 Oct 1996 15:36:53 -0000
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In article <32755D6C.167E@dpcsys.com>,
	Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> writes:
: Butch Evans wrote:
>> 
>> I am trying to set up an alias for my webserver (Apache 1.1.1) under
>> FreeBSD 2.1.  I have read the FAQ, and it said use
>> 
>> ifconfig_<interface> "inet <ip> netmask 0xffffffff alias"
>> 
>> This just killed my main IP...I have tried several of the other
: 
: Did you make an extra entry in network_interfaces ?
: e.g. network_interfaces="lo0 ed1 ed1 ed1"  

This won't work, not unless "working" means doing the same thing three
times :(

If you want it to happen at boot up time, stick something in /etc/start_if.???
where ??? is your interface (ed1 or whatever).

For example, in /etc/sysconfig:

network_interfaces="lo0 ed0"
ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1"
ifconfig_ed0="up"

and in /etc/start_if.ed0:
ifconfig ed0 inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00
ifconfig ed0 inet 1.2.3.4 netmask 0xffffffff alias
ifconfig ed0 inet 5.6.7.8 netmask 0xffffffff alias

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
      <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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