From owner-freebsd-net Sat Jul 15 10:48:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from goliath.siemens.de (goliath.siemens.de [194.138.37.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B2F137B665; Sat, 15 Jul 2000 10:48:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de) X-Envelope-Sender-Is: andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de (at relayer goliath.siemens.de) Received: from mail2.siemens.de (mail2.siemens.de [139.25.208.11]) by goliath.siemens.de (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e6FHmVB06191; Sat, 15 Jul 2000 19:48:31 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from curry.mchp.siemens.de (curry.mchp.siemens.de [139.25.42.7]) by mail2.siemens.de (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e6FHmVT01942; Sat, 15 Jul 2000 19:48:31 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from localhost) by curry.mchp.siemens.de (8.10.2/8.10.2) id e6FHmVa79389; Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 19:48:30 +0200 From: Andre Albsmeier To: Robert Watson Cc: Nick Rogness , Andre Albsmeier , freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: routed: possible netmask problem ... Message-ID: <20000715194830.A6971@curry.mchp.siemens.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: ; from rwatson@freebsd.org on Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 02:09:50PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 14-Jul-2000 at 14:09:50 -0400, Robert Watson wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Nick Rogness wrote: > > > > root@webfix:~>ifconfig fxp0 > > > fxp0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > > > inet 192.168.1.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > > > inet 192.168.1.4 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 192.168.1.4 > > > > you have a /32 netmask on 1.4, change it to a /24 address > > (255.255.255.0) and see if that helps. > > I don't have much experience with routed, but I can tell you that the /32 > here is correct in my experience -- the two addresses are in the same /24 > subnet. Putting both in with a netmask of /24 will cause problems due to > muliple routing entries with the same prefix/netmask. Well, my setup used to work until Feb 17 when Peter Wemm MFC'ed some stuff into RELENG_3. From this day on it started to spit out the above messages. I asked peter for a hint but never got a reply. I also filed a PR since I am sure my setup is correct, see also the FAQ: Q: How can I setup Ethernet aliases? A: Add ``netmask 0xffffffff'' to your ifconfig command-line like the following: ifconfig ed0 alias 204.141.95.2 netmask 0xffffffff -Andre > > Robert N M Watson > > robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ > PGP key fingerprint: AF B5 5F FF A6 4A 79 37 ED 5F 55 E9 58 04 6A B1 > TIS Labs at Network Associates, Safeport Network Services -- Your mouse has moved. Windows NT must be restarted for the change to take effect! Reboot now? [OK] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message