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Date:      Thu, 12 Feb 1998 18:31:30 -0800 (PST)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        Anthony Hill <ahill@blacksun.net.au>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: subnet alias for ethernet device wont work
Message-ID:  <Pine.UW2.3.95.980212182922.4804A-100000@cedb>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980213110939.23713A-100000@blacksun.net.au>

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On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Anthony Hill wrote:
> The general opionion was that I should use a full class C netmask for
> the aliases that I add to the ethernet device. This confuses me for two
> main reasons :-


# ifconfig ed1 inet 210.8.131.132 netmask 0xffffffff alias

Has *always* worked for me.

> I do have a work-around which is to add a specific route pointing at the
> loopback address:- 
> 
> 	/sbin/route add -host 210.8.131.132 -gateway 127.0.0.1

This does essentially what the ifconfig above does, adds a host
route for the alias.

Dan
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 DPC Systems / Beach.Net                                    dan@dpcsys.com
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