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Date:      Wed, 23 Jul 1997 13:14:20 +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:  <19970723131420.57273@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).

Hmm, I just noticed, that the broadcast address then looks a bit
strange: 
	inet 149.237.200.100 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 149.237.31.100

Should I then use the following command

	ifconfig vx0 149.237.200.100 netmask 0xffffffff broadcast 149.237.200.255 alias 

Or should alias IP adresses not broadcast at all ?

Thanks for further information. I hope this is not a RTFM question ;)

	Andreas ///

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