Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:45:56 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> To: "Rogier R. Mulhuijzen" <drwilco@drwilco.nl> Cc: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, Jonathan Graehl <jonathan@graehl.org>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quick question about IP aliasing Message-ID: <20010227194556.C737@tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.0.20010227070424.00d25c10@mail.bsdchicks.com>; from drwilco@drwilco.nl on Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 07:16:14AM %2B0100 References: <NCBBLOALCKKINBNNEDDLAEJIDLAA.jonathan@graehl.org> <001501c0a070$3a14d900$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <4.3.2.7.0.20010227070424.00d25c10@mail.bsdchicks.com>
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--4ZLFUWh1odzi/v6L Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 07:16:14AM +0100, Rogier R. Mulhuijzen wrote: > > >The point is that you need to use a netmask of 255.255.255.255 for alias= ed > >IPs on FreeBSD, regardless of the alias of the primary (non-alias) IP. >=20 > Everybody is saying use 255.255.255.255 for an alias. Noone is giving=20 > reasons why. I don't understand this either. To my mind it's a bug if it doesn't work with the full netmask for an IP alias address. Joe --4ZLFUWh1odzi/v6L Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjqcA/MACgkQXVIcjOaxUBajYQCfWYL3MN4PbJRPTgdPkqoa9Xrz cpYAoJtjnAMsyGnlWyTd4DJ9rtIE8aa4 =RJa6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4ZLFUWh1odzi/v6L-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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