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From: Robert Deuerling <deuerl@baerle.indra.de>
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Subject: ifconfig fails to add alias
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>Number:         5666
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       ifconfig fails to add alias
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Feb  6 07:40:05 PST 1998
>Closed-Date:    Sun Aug 6 11:48:50 PDT 2000
>Last-Modified:  Sun Aug 06 11:49:03 PDT 2000
>Originator:     Robert Deuerling
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

recently upgraded from 2.1.5-RELEASE to 2.2.5-STABLE i386 built 2 Feb 98

>Description:

if i try to add a new alias to my ethernet card the followin occurs:
ifconfig vx0 alias 193.158.1.137 netmask 0xffffffff

ifconfig -a shows:
inet 193.158.1.137 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 193.158.1.137  

netstat -rn shows:
193.158.1.137      193.158.1.137      UH          0        6       vx0 =>
193.158.1.137/32   link#1             UC          0        0              

i can't ping that address...

kernel error message:
arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo for 193.158.1.137

netstat -rn for other aliases show:
193.158.1.154      0:60:97:38:84:9a   UHLW        0      618       lo0 =>
193.158.1.154/32   link#1             UC          0        0 
that address i can ping ..

>How-To-Repeat:

 ifconfig vx0 alias X.X.X.X   and try to ping that address

>Fix:
	
don't know :-(
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: nbm 
State-Changed-When: Thu Jul 13 04:12:59 PDT 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
Does this behaviour persist?  I'm pretty certain many people use aliases 
successfully, but maybe it's a more specific problem? 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=5666 
State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed 
State-Changed-By: nbm 
State-Changed-When: Sun Aug 6 11:48:50 PDT 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
Feedback timeout. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=5666 
>Unformatted:
