[Sunhelp] Adding an interface on a qfe card

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> Is this a brand new card and you have two others operational, or are you
> just wanting to activate the 3rd port on a qfe card that has two others
> already operational?
> 
> If two other ports on that qfe card are already operational, you would need
> to:
> 
> Create /etc/hostname.qfe1:3   (hostname on first line)
> 
> Add entries in /etc/hosts and networks (if so desired)
> 
> ifconfig qfe1:3 ipadress [netmask?] [broadcast?] up

Not quite, an QFE card (quad card) has four ports, qfe0, qfe1, qfe2 and qfe3 
(assuming there is only one card).

So the third port is qfe2, qfe1:3 would be an alias for the first interface,
which is not really the same thing as a new interface.


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