IFALIASES(5)

NAME
ifaliases - interface aliases file

DESCRIPTION
The ifaliases file specifies the addition addresses (aliases) that each interface will have, including the netmask. ifaliases is processed by /etc/netstart at system boot time.

Each line of the file is of the form

    address interface netmask

The address is a network address of the alias. This must be a number or be in /etc/hosts, as the nameserver is not running at this point.

The interface is the network interface the alias will be configured on.

The netmask is the netmask of the aliases network address.

FILES
/etc/netstart /etc/ifaliases

HISTORY
The ifaliases file appeared in NetBSD 1.2.