Freebsd 5.0 NICs issue

[Amandeep Pannu]

Hi Guys,

Anything on this.
Any help would be great.

Thanks
A
> Hi
>
> I have a machine running FreeBSD 5.0 , it is actually my Primary DNS
> server.
> it has two Nics.
> em0 and em1
> Now the em0 nic is up with 205.229.165.4 netmask 255.255.255.0
>
> When I try to do
> ifconfig em1 inet 205.229.165.8 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> it say File exists.
> then i read that the netmask should be 255.255.255.255 then i did that the
> machine then is hooked wiht the ethernet cable in em1 and it starts puring
> some
> kernel:arp messages.
> I have tried doing it from scratch removinf all entriedsfrom /etc/rc.conf
> and then tried to manuall assign them IP. em0 goes well but again em1 say
> file exists or those arp messages copme up.
>
> Any ideas what is going on.
>
> Thanks in advance
> A
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