Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 14:33:22 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Mike Grissom" <mikeyg@igalaxy.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ifconfig Message-ID: <20021009213322.9F6145D06@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 09 Oct 2002 14:21:51 PDT." <08a101c26fd9$e29c0fa0$0301a8c0@mikeyg>
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> From: "Mike Grissom" <mikeyg@igalaxy.net> > Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 14:21:51 -0700 > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > I was wondering if ifconfig will let you add aliases with different netmasks > cause I noticed that ifconfig enforces netmask 255.255.255.255 for aliases. > Does this only apply if the ips are on the same network? Yes. If the IP of an alias does not fall within the netmask of the "real" address assignment, then the appropriate netmask and not 0xffffffff should be used. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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