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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 15:44:32 -0600
To: zoonie <zoonie@myhouse.com>
From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <mountin.man@mixcom.com>
Subject: Re: IP address aliases...
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At 11:27 AM 1/23/98 -0500, zoonie wrote:
>i do the same thing also but i use the host mask (255.255.255.255) and it
>works ok for me but i do get occasional ARP error messages in my system
>log.....

Then use 255.255.255.0 or the apropiate subnet if you have routes to other
subnets, say .252 and .240 for the local and remote.


Jeff Mountin - Unix Systems TCP/IP networking
mountin.man@mixcom.com