From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 23 03:26:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA08808 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 03:26:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA08793; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 03:26:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id TAA08506; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 19:55:48 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707231025.TAA08506@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2, ping to an ip alias for interface vx0 fails ... In-Reply-To: <19970723120431.25710@wup.de> from Andreas Klemm at "Jul 23, 97 12:04:31 pm" To: akl@wup.de, andreas@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 19:55:48 +0930 (CST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Andreas Klemm stands accused of saying: > > vx0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > inet 149.237.200.7 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 149.237.200.255 > inet 149.237.200.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 149.237.200.255 Read the handbook, or look at the example in /etc/rc.conf; the second address overlaps the netmask for the first, and as such should be added with a netmask of all ones (255.255.255.255). > Andreas /// -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[