Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 23:44:36 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: andreas@sunny.wup.de (Andreas Klemm) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2, ping to an ip alias for interface vx0 fails ... Message-ID: <199707231414.XAA09392@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <19970723131420.57273@sunny.wup.de> from Andreas Klemm at "Jul 23, 97 01:14:20 pm"
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Andreas Klemm stands accused of saying: > > 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 ? As far as I can tell, the broadcast attached to aliases is never used. > Thanks for further information. I hope this is not a RTFM question ;) It _should_ be. If it's not, you had better contribute to TFM! -- ]] 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 [[
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