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From: dgaudet@hotwired.com (Dean Gaudet)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: ifconfig alias and local ping problem
Date: 14 Jan 1996 21:13:50 GMT
Organization: HotWired Ventures
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In article <4d78oj$hgi@agate.berkeley.edu>,
Keith Sklower <sklower@oboe.CS.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
>In article <30F62E69.6FF7@cdepot.net>,
>Scott Taggart <taggart@cdepot.net> wrote:
>}I've got a machine that answers to two IP addresses (one using the
>}ifconfig alias option). Everything works with the exception of the
>}a ping from the local machine to the aliased IP address.
>}... not sure what commands I need to run to get the local ping to work ..
>
>Try
> # route add <alias> 127.1
I think it might depend on your version of BSDI... under 2.0 I've had to
do this:
route add <alias> -interface 127.1
Dean