Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 19:33:20 -0400 (EDT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> To: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ifconfig alias question... Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.960930193206.26035B-100000@spirit.ki.net> In-Reply-To: <96Sep30.115132pdt.177476@crevenia.parc.xerox.com>
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On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Bill Fenner wrote: > In message <Pine.NEB.3.95.960929015025.247A-100000@spirit.ki.net>you write: > ># Initial configuration > >ifconfig ed0 inet 205.150.102.51 netmask 255.255.255.0 > > > ># Aliases > >ifconfig ed0 alias 204.101.125.200 netmask 255.255.255.255 > >When the alias is a different network, as opposed to another IP address on the > same network, then you want to use a real netmask, not 255.255.255.255 . > Okay, great...thanks :) > There's a bug in the ARP routines that always sends ARP requests with the > last-added-alias's IP address; this is fixed in -current. > Hrmmm...I have plans to upgrade that machine to -current, but am trying to hold that off for a little while, if possible... The bug...is it something that can be retrofits to -stable, or is this kernel changes we are talking here? Thanks again... Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net Systems Administrator @ ki.net scrappy@freebsd.org
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