From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 7 9:17:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 516D1157E1 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 1999 09:17:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id <4CMXC929>; Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:17:51 -0400 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105CD1@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'Cyril Brion' , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: network netmask mystery Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:20:47 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If you have 2 ips on the same subnet, on the same interface, you would make the aliased interface use 255.255.255.255. Otherwise you would want to use 255.255.255.0. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Cyril Brion [SMTP:cbri@saios.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 7:49 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: network netmask mystery > > why do i have to configure the netmask with 255.255.255.255: my network > is on 255.255.255.0 ? > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message