Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 02:26:21 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/68746: Virtual hosts documentaion doesn't make clear issues with netmask on adding aliases. Message-ID: <20040806232620.GB79083@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <200408061250.i76CoICu093376@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200408061250.i76CoICu093376@freefall.freebsd.org>
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It looks fine to me :) On 2004-08-06 12:50, Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> wrote: > What do people think about the following patch? > > G'luck, > Peter > > Index: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml > =================================================================== > RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml,v > retrieving revision 1.163 > diff -u -r1.163 chapter.sgml > --- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml 5 Aug 2004 10:04:29 -0000 1.163 > +++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml 6 Aug 2004 12:29:18 -0000 > @@ -1137,7 +1137,9 @@ > fortunately quite simple. For a given interface, there must be > one address which correctly represents the network's netmask. > Any other addresses which fall within this network must have a > - netmask of all <literal>1</literal>s.</para> > + netmask of all <literal>1</literal>s (expressed as either > + <literal>255.255.255.255</literal> or <literal>0xffffffff</literal>). > + </para> > > <para>For example, consider the case where the > <devicename>fxp0</devicename> interface is > @@ -1148,7 +1150,15 @@ > We want the system to appear at <hostid role="ipaddr">10.1.1.1</hostid> > through <hostid role="ipaddr">10.1.1.5</hostid> and at > <hostid role="ipaddr">202.0.75.17</hostid> through > - <hostid role="ipaddr">202.0.75.20</hostid>.</para> > + <hostid role="ipaddr">202.0.75.20</hostid>. As noted above, only the > + first address in a given network range (in this case, > + <hostid role="ipaddr">10.0.1.1</hostid> and > + <hostid role="ipaddr">202.0.75.17</hostid>) should have a real > + netmask; all the rest (<hostid role="ipaddr">10.1.1.2</hostid> > + through <hostid role="ipaddr">10.1.1.5</hostid> and > + <hostid role="ipaddr">202.0.75.18</hostid> through > + <hostid role="ipaddr">202.0.75.20</hostid>) must be configured with a > + netmask of <literal>255.255.255.255</literal>.</para> > > <para>The following entries configure the adapter correctly for > this arrangement:</para>
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