Re: FreeBSD 9

On 2011-06-30 17:26, Tim Gustafson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've installed FreeBSD 9 on a new server because 8.2 doesn't have support for the LSI SAS2008 controller.  I've also built the system as a ZFS-root box, and I have to say that I'm quite happy with the disk performance: we're getting about 500MB/s write and 675MB/s read.  All in all, I'm very happy with FreeBSD 9.
> 
> I have noticed two snafus that I thought I'd send to the group just as feedback:
> 
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> 2. secondary IP addresses on network interfaces don't seem to be working
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> 
> In my rc.conf, I have:
> 
> ifconfig_bce0="1.2.3.4 netmask 255.255.252.0"
> ifconfig_bce0_alias0="1.2.3.5 netmask 255.255.255.255"
> 
> but when the machine reboots, it only gets its primary IP address.
> 

I think you need something along the line of ifconfig_bce0_alias0="inet
1.2.3.5 netmask ...", notice the 'inet', since aliasN can be used for
both inet and inet6.
HTH!
-- 
Niclas