Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 18:16:40 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bizarre Networking Problem Message-ID: <20030221181640.GB8686@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <200302211717.H1LHHH4X003458@asarian-host.net> References: <27.39e39215.2b869c70@aol.com> <20030221105259.Y87091@pcjfn.msc.com> <200302211717.H1LHHH4X003458@asarian-host.net>
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On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 05:17:17PM +0000, Mark wrote:
> From: "Joseph Noonan" <jfn@msc.com>
> > The above was the ifconfig when I had the problem. Notice the
> > broadcast addresses. The commands that brought up the interface
> > at boot are:
> >
> > /sbin/ifconfig xl0 192.246.38.10 netmask 255.255.255.0
> > /sbin/ifconfig xl0 alias 208.23.240.10 netmask 255.255.255.0
>
>
> Hmm, I thought aliases always needed to have netmask of 255.255.255.255. Has
> something changed?
Nope. You only use a netmask of 255.255.255.255 when the alias
address is the second or subsequent address from a given network.
If the alias address is the first one from a distinct network, it
should have the regular netmask.
Cheers,
Matthew
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