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From: petzi@zit.th-darmstadt.de (Michael Beckmann)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to do ifconfig alias
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 20:09:25 +0200
Organization: Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
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In article <316D1F69.9D9@shoreland.com>, Thanva Khouvongsavanh
<thanva@shoreland.com> wrote:

> I setup the ethernet card in sysconfig
> 
>     ifconfig eth0 204.29.202.10 netmask 255.255.255.0
> 
> then in rc.local I do a 
> 
>     ifconfig eth0 204.29.202.10 alias 204.29.202.11

In /etc/rc.local you must add:

ifconfig eth0 204.29.202.11 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias

This works for me (my machine currently has 3 IP aliases).

Michael