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From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: multiple IP on one i/f
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 10:31:48 +1000
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To: Frank DiPrete <frankd@star.net>
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Frank DiPrete wrote:
>
> question:
> can you/how do you put a second IP address on an interface in freeBSD?
> in BSD it was done in the /etc/ethers file.
> frankd@star.net
> www.star.net/People/~frankd/
# ifconfig <blah> <blah> <blah> alias
^^^^^
# man ifconfig
Can be done automatically at boot time via /etc/sysconfig (pre-2.2.2) or
/etc/rc.conf (2.2.2+).
Tony