In a message dated 10/19/04 3:51:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> # ifconfig fxp0 alias 200.46.204.9 >> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists >> >> when I know for a fact that it hasn't been configured? > > you should use a netmask of 255.255.255.255 for ipv4 aliases. > > ifconfig fxp0 alias 200.46.204.9 netmask 255.255.255.255
>Is that new? You are right, that fixed it, but didn't think I had to do >that before :( You get it because the guy who maintains ifconfig didn't have the foresight to realize the "alias" should imply a host mask, and also that the guy who coded the kernel code didn't think that assuming a host mask was reasonable. Welcome to open source. Love it and live with it. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
