Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 10:48:57 -0400 From: "Ryan Masse" <mail@max-info.net> To: <francisv@dagupan.com> Cc: "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Interface IP alias and FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE Message-ID: <018f01c0f02a$25f0bac0$3200a8c0@Intranet> References: <10F29E27A956D511B0940050DA8D86A908F559@chat.dagupan.com>
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all aliased ip addresses need to have a 255.255.255.255 or 0xffffffff netmask for it to be functional ie; ifconfig_xl0_alias0="inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 0xffffffff" Ryan > Hi, > > I'm trying to add another IP address to the NIC, xl0, by adding the line: > > ifconfig_xl0_alias0="inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.128" > > which completes it: > > ifconfig_xl0="inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.128" > ifconfig_xl0_alias0="inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.128" > > I can ping "192.168.1.1" but not "192.168.1.2" from the same host but I can > ping both IPs from another machine. Why is this so? > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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