Hi daniel, Josseph in this mailing list responded that I can do
ifconfig em1 alias inet 205.229.165.8 netmask 255.255.255.255 Can I? I need the other NIC for some internal operations. > On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 06:47, Amandeep Pannu wrote: >> Now the em0 nic is up with 205.229.165.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 >> ifconfig em1 inet 205.229.165.8 netmask 255.255.255.0 up > > You can't have 2 NIC's on the same subnet (you can't have 2 IPs on any NIC > in > the same subnet). > > Why do you want to do this? If you want an alias you only need 1 NIC and > you > do.. > > ifconfig em0 inet 205.229.165.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 > ifconfig em0 alias inet 205.229.165.8 netmask 255.255.255.255 > > What is the second NIC going to be used for? > > -- > Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer > for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au > "The nice thing about standards is that there > are so many of them to choose from." > -- Andrew Tanenbaum > GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C > -- Amandeep.S [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://aman.chamkila.org _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
