ifconfig alias: File Exists
Christian Kratzer
ck-lists at cksoft.de
Tue Oct 19 12:44:31 PDT 2004
Hi,
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
> Why would I be getting:
>
> # 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
Greetings
Christian
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