Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 10:54:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Pazarena <paz@ccstores.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig alias setup Message-ID: <9908031054.aa27922@dick.ccstores.com>
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>Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 00:33:03 +0100
>From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
>What I'd like to know is this: On SCO, if I configure two aliases
> ip 4.2.3.1 netmask 0xffffff00
> ip 4.2.3.2 netmask 0xffffff00
>and then connect() to 4.3.2.3, what source IP number does the packet
>get ?
>I don't see how conflicting netmasks can be implemented.... SCO
>sounds a bit broken to me. Am I missing something ?
No no, it is FreeBSD which is insisting on conflicting netmasks. SCO uses
the _same_ netmask.
That was the source of my question. Why does FreeBSD NOT PERMIT identical
netmasks on aliased IPs ?
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Jim Pazarena mailto:paz@ccstores.com
http://www.qcislands.net/paz
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