Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 12:22:12 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to control address used by INADDR_ANY? Message-ID: <20020420122212.A27415@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20020420111258.021d7270@nospam.lariat.org>; from brett@lariat.org on Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 11:20:43AM -0600 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020419144005.0358c610@nospam.lariat.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020419144005.0358c610@nospam.lariat.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020420004621.02379880@nospam.lariat.org> <3CC1245C.EEE4ADE@mindspring.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20020420111258.021d7270@nospam.lariat.org>
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On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 11:20:43AM -0600 I heard the voice of Brett Glass, and lo! it spake thus: > > >My previous suggestion was to make the routable IP address > >the source address by making it the canonical IP address > >for the interface, rather than one of the aliases, which > >should have resulted in it being used as the source address. > > The question is, what routable IP address should that be? > The address of one of the internal interfaces? An address > from one of the internal subnets that's not assigned to > an interface? I'm confused. The same routable address you have on its internal interface, with a /32 netmask, and then the default route pointed out the interface. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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