Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 13:07:56 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@sunny.wup.de> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2, ping to an ip alias for interface vx0 fails ... Message-ID: <19970723130756.47300@sunny.wup.de> In-Reply-To: <199707231025.TAA08506@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>; from Michael Smith on Wed, Jul 23, 1997 at 07:55:48PM %2B0930 References: <19970723120431.25710@wup.de> <199707231025.TAA08506@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Wed, Jul 23, 1997 at 07:55:48PM +0930, Michael Smith wrote: > Andreas Klemm stands accused of saying: > > > > vx0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> 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). Aiiieee ;-) Thanks. Well, I know the usage of IP aliases on sun sparcstations and the entries in /etc/rc.conf look so simple, that it's really easy to overlook that ... Maybe we should add a comment in rc.conf ? -- aklemm@wup.de /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ - Support Unix -
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