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From: Ragnar <bowden@cs.odu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Multiple IP addresses with ifconfig alias
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 10:57:46 -0500 (EST)
Organization: Old Dominion University
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On 30 Nov 1995, SO Kwok Tsun wrote:

> >try 'netmask 0xffffffff' at the end of the ifconfig line !!
> 
> Is there any way to check the current alias setup? Can we remove it
> afterwards? The man page seems not telling detail about it.

'ifconfig ed1' will show the current configuration of device ed1.

Jamie

I spent yesterday thinking about the tomorrow that is today.