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From: Dean Strik <dean@stack.nl>
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Neo-Vortex wrote:
>      alias   Establish an additional network address for this interface. =
 This
>              is sometimes useful when changing network numbers, and one w=
ishes
>              to accept packets addressed to the old interface.  If the ad=
dress
>              is on the same subnet as the first network address for this
>              interface, a non-conflicting netmask must be given.  Usually
>              0xffffffff is most appropriate.
>=20
> That is for IPv4 taken from ifconfig(8), one would assume for IPv6 it is
> the same and i use it like that without issues (although i have not tried
> it the other way)

Your assumption is wrong.

--=20
Dean C. Strik             Eindhoven University of Technology
dean@stack.nl  |  dean@ipnet6.org  |  http://www.ipnet6.org/
"This isn't right. This isn't even wrong." -- Wolfgang Pauli

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