Subject: Re: Virtual IP addresses
To: S.J. Borrill <sjb42@cus.cam.ac.uk>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-arm32
Date: 07/29/1997 08:53:35
	I've been using the 'alias' option to 'ifconfig' for some time now
	on other NetBSD ports - I'd expect it work work fine on
	NetBSD/arm32 ...

		David/abs

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    #3 : More beans

On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, S.J. Borrill wrote:

> After a bit of research, I've found a few mechanisms for setting up more
> than one IP address on an ethernet none of which work on RiscBSD.  There
> is a vif patch that can be applied to the kernel, otherwise things like
> Solaris support ifconfig ea0:x commands where x is a numbered virtual
> interface. man ifconfig mentions alias but it's only a mention and I can't
> get it to work. Is there a mechanism for virtual IP addresses that works
> on RiscBSD?
> 
> Stephen Borrill
> 
> 
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