Subject: Re: How do I properly add aliased IPs
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Juergen Hannken-Illjes <hannken@eis.cs.tu-bs.de>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/04/2006 18:20:18
On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 11:39:17AM -0400, Mark Saad wrote:
> Hello All,
> I was looking to see if someone could shed some light on an rc.conf 
> issue. How do you properly add aliased IPs .  The rc.conf way does not 
> appear to work for me. I am using a fxp card .
> 
> 
> The NetBSD rc.conf way
> 
> ifaliases_${INTERFACE}="${ALIASED_IP} netmask -"
[snip]

man rc.conf gives:

    ifaliases_*     A string.  List of `address netmask' pairs ...

You should try "ifaliases_${INTERFACE}="${ALIASED_IP} -" without the
"netmask" keyword.

-- 
Juergen Hannken-Illjes - hannken@eis.cs.tu-bs.de - TU Braunschweig (Germany)