On Tuesday 25 March 2003 14:34, someone, possibly Sten Daniel S�rsdal, typed: > > Hello all, > > I want to put second IP on my nic cart. I have been using > > FreeBSD-4.8-RC, when i put the command, > > ifconfig rl0 alias xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > > returns me: > > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists > > What is the problem?
This is a common problem. You're probably adding IPs on the same subnet. For the second IP on a subnet, you want a netmask of 255.255.255.255, or routing can go badly wrong. The command you want is: ifconfig rl0 add xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask 255.255.255.255 By the way, you can set this permanently in /etc/rc.conf: ifconfig_rl0="inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0" ifconfig_rl0_alias0="inet 10.0.0.9 netmask 255.255.255.255" Will -- Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
