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Conference turris::digital_unix

Title:	DIGITAL UNIX(FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1)
Notice:	Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference
Moderator:	SMURF::DENHAM

Created:	Thu Mar 16 1995
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	10068
Total number of notes:	35879

10026.0. "How to define multiple interfaces aliases?" by CSC32::A_LICAUSE () Tue Jun 03 1997 10:35

    Can someone please give the correct syntax for rc.config for multiple
    interface alias addresses?
    
    I've tried adding them on a single line:
    
    IFCONFIG_0="10.10.10.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias 10.1.1.1 alias
    10.1.1.2 alias 10.1.1.3"
    
    I've also tried putting them on multple lines not as aliases but
    additional addresses increasing NUM_NETCONFIG to #of_aliases + 1,
    then using NETDEV_n as "ln0", for example.
    
    Also when I tried to do this using netconfig, it only lets you define
    a single alias address. There is not help on the sub net of interface
    aliases in the netconfig GUI!
    
    Thanks,
    Al

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
10026.1	QAR time...	NNTPD::"[email protected]"	Farrell Woods	`Tue Jun 03 1997 11:09`	28
	It looks like the code that parses alias lists isn't working correctly. You should be able to do something like this: ifconfig ln0 16.140.32.161 aliaslist 10.1.1.2,3,4 netmask 255.255.255.0 But I can't get ifconfig to swallow that... (note that in this example the aliases will receive the same netmask as the primary address. This may or may NOT be what you wanted.) For now you'll have to add lines like this to the file /etc/inet.local: ifconfig ln0 alias 10.1.1.2 ifconfig ln0 alias 10.1.1.3 ... Note that in the above the netmask will default to 255.0.0.0. You can give a more resrictive netmask if you like. Lastly, you can check to see if the aliases were added and that the masks are correct with this: netstat -ia -Iln0 -- Farrell [Posted by WWW Notes gateway]
10026.2	I should have asked...	NNTPD::"[email protected]"	Farrell Woods	`Tue Jun 03 1997 11:19`	10
	When I tried ifconfig with the "aliaslist" command, it was on a V4.2 system (steel). I should have asked which version of the OS you were using. The "aliaslist" feature of the ifconfig command should work as documented in V4.0. If that's what you're running then please give it a shot. -- Farrell [Posted by WWW Notes gateway]
10026.3	fingers runneth away...	NNTPD::"[email protected]"	Farrell Woods	`Tue Jun 03 1997 11:32`	10
	...before the brain is fully engaged. I was having difficulty w/steel because I was typing "alias" instead of "aliaslist". No qar necessary. Time for that coffee... -- Farrell [Posted by WWW Notes gateway]
10026.4	use /etc/inet.local	SMURF::DUSTIN		`Tue Jun 03 1997 12:05`	6
	The best place for alias definitions is in the /etc/inet.local file, starting in V4.0 and beyond. You can put anything you want in there and not have to worry about rc.config style variables. John
10026.5	Thanks	CSC32::A_LICAUSE		`Tue Jun 03 1997 12:36`	5
	Thanks very much. I'm doing this on a V4.0 system. Both suggestions seem to work. Al