Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 13:39:17 -0400 (EDT) From: "R. David Murray" <bitz@bitdance.com> To: Ian <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org> Cc: Erich Zigler <erichz@superhero.org>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Unable to alias IP's in 4.5 Message-ID: <20020507133834.I31920-100000@twirl.bitdance.com> In-Reply-To: <B8FC53DD.CB79%freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>
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On Mon, 6 May 2002, Ian wrote: > What changed is that the code now enforces that you do it the right way, > which is to use 255.255.255.255 as the netmask for the alias IPs. That is, > use the normal/proper netmask for the primary IP for that NIC, then use > 255.255.255.255 for any alias IPs on the same subnet for that NIC. That's rather counter-intuitive. Is that behavior mandated by some standard or other? --RDM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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