ifconfig alias: File Exists
Marc G. Fournier
scrappy at hub.org
Tue Oct 19 12:50:32 PDT 2004
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Christian Kratzer wrote:
> 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
Is that new? You are right, that fixed it, but didn't think I had to do
that before :(
Thanks ...
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