From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 9 07:48:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D76B16A4CF for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:48:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-87.apple.com [17.250.248.87]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04D7743D45 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:48:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from justin@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id i29FmNgi011576 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:48:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from mac.com (c-24-6-87-110.client.comcast.net [24.6.87.110]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin07/MantshX 3.0) with ESMTP id i29FmMBj022250 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:48:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:48:20 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v553) From: Justin Walker To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <30D08A02-71E1-11D8-A9B6-00306544D642@mac.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.553) Subject: Re: One IP used on more than one interface (gif0 and lo0) X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 15:48:24 -0000 On Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at 01:55 AM, Frrodo Baggins wrote: > Hi, > > What happens if we configure an alias on lo0: > > ifconfig lo0 alias 192.168.5.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 > > and then use the same IP on gif0: What happens if you have the same address on two different houses on the same street? Regards, Justin -- /~\ The ASCII Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon-at-Large \ / Ribbon Campaign X Help cure HTML Email / \