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From: shovey@buffnet.net (steve hovey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problem with ifconfig alias
Date: 8 Aug 1995 09:21:47 GMT
Organization: BuffNET
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References: <400tlf$5na@alpha.aladdin.co.uk> <402kj1$jv6@nnrp1.primenet.com>
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Larry Kruper (lak@primenet.com) wrote:
: chris@aladdin.net wrote:
: >In article <3vuhco$86n@gate.sinica.edu.tw>, taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao) 
: >writes:
: >
: >>In article <3vtud3$inv@alpha.aladdin.co.uk>,  <chris@aladdin.net> wrote:
: >>:
: >>:Can anyone help explain what is happening in the example below.
: >>:I need multiple IP addresses on the same interface in order to
: >>:run multiple www servers. This works fine under Linux but something
: >>:odd is happening under FreeBSD which I would like to switch to.
: >>[...]
: >>:bash# /sbin/ifconfig ed1 alias 193.119.96.55
: >>:ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
: >>:^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Weird error message what file
: >>
: >>    Try using a 0xffffffff netmask on your alias:
: >>
: >>ifconfig ed1 193.119.96.55 netmask 0xffffffff alias
: >
: >Works fine, thanks a lot for the reply
: >
:  
:   I would like to try this as well. I am willing to shamelessly copy this 
: example, but I would prefer to understand all the applications for this
: feature.

I hit this error and just ussied the command twice to get it to take.  
Perhaps this is my tcp/ip problem with the web.  Hmm...