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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Alias IP to a Network Card
Date: 29 Oct 1996 16:21:38 -0000
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In article <327496C0.515E@dockside.co.za>,
	Inus Scheepers <inus@dockside.co.za> writes:
[.....]
: I got it to work (with about 5 aliases) by doing this:
: 
: If the first ip is x.y.z.1, (on ethernet) add another by
: 
: 	ifconfig ed1 inet x.y.z.2 alias 0xffffffff

You mean
 	ifconfig ed1 inet x.y.z.2 alias netmask 0xffffffff

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
      <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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