Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 11:08:33 -0800 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au> Cc: nate@sri.MT.net (Nate Williams), stable@freebsd.org, wollman@freebsd.org Subject: Re: arp and async problems Message-ID: <199602151908.LAA07135@Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 16 Feb 1996 04:57:31 %2B1100." <199602151757.EAA09376@asstdc.scgt.oz.au>
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>Nate Williams writes: > >> I think you are doing something that worked in 2.1, but was illegal and >> is no longer allowed. > >Oh, terrific, dandy, *&#@$%* .. > >> This comment from /sys/netinet/in.c might be of interest: >> revision 1.14.4.2 >> date: 1996/01/30 21:41:34; author: davidg; state: Exp; lines: +8 -2 >> Brought in change from rev 1.21: fix for aliases & all-ones netmasks. > >I'd be interested in the impact on the functionality of named, if any. Some >of these aliases are primary DNS server addresses (not to mention WWW >"virtual hosts") which is going to make "interesting" to change .. (read as >"politically unwise" to even attempt). > >There is no way I can afford to split out 14 subnets with only one address >in each to support a DNS and WWW server nor is it practical to stick that >many ethernet cards into the box. > >If this is to be a permanent feature that's one less box with which I can >continue to test the stuff. It will just have to stay at it's current >release level .. <grumble> Actually, I think you're either seeing a bug or you're doing something slightly wrong in the ifconfigs. It *should* be possible to have multiple IP aliases in one subnet. Garrett might be able to say more. -DG David Greenman Core Team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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