Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 16:23:18 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@cold.org> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which way is 'correct'? (was: Re: Aliases) Message-ID: <28199.856225398@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Feb 1997 13:33:54 MST." <Pine.NEB.3.95.970217133109.12769A-100000@cold.org>
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> ifconfig ed0 alias x.y.z netmask 255.255.255.255
> arp add x.y.z 127.0.0.1
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Not needed.
So the ed0 case eliminates an extra arp call. I suppose you could
thusly deem it superior, but either method works so I also wouldn't go
to the trouble of changing an existing system. :-)
Jordan
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