Re: Does FreeBSD stack support multiple IP addresses?

Grant Edwards <[email protected]> Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:11:58 +0000 (UTC)

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On 2016-02-19, Grant Edwards <[email protected]> wrote:

> Can one assign multiple IP addresses (on different subnets) to a
> single interface when using the eCos FreeBSD network stack?
>
> I know modern BSD and Linux stacks all support that, but does the eCos
> implementation?

Some poking through the source doe and subsequent experimentation has
answered my question in the affirmative.

You use SIOCAIFADDR(_IN6) instead of SIOCASIFADDR and its brethren.

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