Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:02:51 +0100 From: Tom Judge <tom@tomjudge.com> To: Buki <dev@null.cz> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Loosing alias IPs Message-ID: <46CEE50B.3040107@tomjudge.com> In-Reply-To: <20070824132235.GB378@dev.null.cz> References: <1571172802.401187519463481.JavaMail.root@leda.georgiadis.eu> <alpine.BSF.0.999.0708201032440.15008@qbhto.arg> <20070824124826.GZ378@dev.null.cz> <46CED91E.2060602@tomjudge.com> <20070824132235.GB378@dev.null.cz>
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Buki wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 02:11:58PM +0100, Tom Judge wrote: >> Buki wrote: > > [snip] > >>> Also, aliased Ip addresses must be configured with netmask /32 >>> >> This is only true if the IP aliases are in the same network as the first >> IP address. The following would be a valid configuration: >> >> ifconfig_em0="inet 192.168.0.1/24" >> ifconfig_em0_alias0="inet 192.168.0.2/32" >> ifconfig_em0_alias1="inet 192.168.1.1/24" >> ifconfig_em0_alias2="inet 192.168.1.2/32" > > yeah, after sending the mail I immediately thought of that scenario, but > then again, from the original poster I got the idea the aliases were on > the same network as the DHCP-assigned address > > > Buki In the original post all the masks should be /32 this is correct, however I just wanted to clear up for the archives that this is not always true. Tom
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