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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Ifconfig alias problems on NE2000 clone, 2.1-R
Date: 28 Sep 1996 18:40:32 GMT
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Inus Scheepers <inus@dockside.co.za> wrote:

> We're running a few virtual web servers on 2.1R FreeBSD, using apache.
> There is a problem adding the alias ip's to the ethernet card. The system
> comes up fine, but won't accept normal ifconfig alias commands.

You forgot the most important information.  What do you mean by
``won't accept normal ifconfig''?  What exactly happens?

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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