On 2015-05-19, Otto Moerbeek <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 03:29:20PM +0200, Heiko Zimmermann wrote: > >> Hello OpenBSD Team, >> >> I try to add an ipv4 alias 176.9.157.yyy to re0 >> (current from today). >> >> ifconfig re0 alias 176.9.157.yyy/27 >> --> ifconfig: SIOCAIFADDR: File exists >> >> When I try: ifconfig re0 176.9.157.yyy 255.255.255.224 >> --> no output
That syntax is not doing what you expect. ifconfig syntax isn't the same as hostname.if syntax. >> But I don't see the alias ip with ifconfig -a >> >> Output is: >> re0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >> lladdr xx:xx:x:xx:xx:xx >> priority: 0 >> groups: egress >> media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT full-duplex) >> status: active >> inet 176.9.175.xxx netmask 0xffffffe0 broadcast 176.9.157.zzz >> >> >> ping 176.9.157.yyy --> ping: unknown host: 176.9.157.9.yyy >> ping 176.9.157.xxx --> ok >> >> What I'm doing wrong? >> >> Thank you in advance. >> Heiko > > ifconfig -a != ifconfig -A != ifconfig re0 > > Also, an alias in the same net should get the mask 255.255.255.255 > > -Otto > > And there is something strange with the addressea; mixture of 157 and 175.
