From owner-freebsd-isp Fri May 21 9:47:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from roble.com (roble.com [199.108.85.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA8DB159E3 for ; Fri, 21 May 1999 09:47:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sendmail@roble.com) Received: from roble2.roble.com (roble2.roble.com [199.108.85.52]) by roble.com (Roble1b) with SMTP id JAA06461 for ; Fri, 21 May 1999 09:47:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 09:47:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Roger Marquis To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ifconfig alias number 2 In-Reply-To: <37457FF3.161C1F8@eclipse.net.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > I am trying to add an ip alias on my fbsd 3.1 box (ifconfig de0 > > inet 216.61.218.6 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias) > > Wrong netmask use 255.255.255.255 Why would you use a different netmask on your secondary interfaces (/32 vs. /24), assuming they're all on the same subnet? Is this just a workaround to avoid having to set the route explicitly? -- Roger Marquis Roble Systems Consulting http://www.roble.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message