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To: Cassandra Perkins <cassy@loop.com>
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Subject: Re: IP aliassing. (fwd)
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We run 2.1.5 on some of our machines, and don't need to specify network 
masks at all.

Jerry Tagra
American Information Network

On Wed, 4 Sep 1996, Cassandra Perkins wrote:

> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 11:52:05 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Cassandra Perkins <cassy@loop.com>
> To: Robert Shady <rls@server.id.net>
> Cc: Sam Magee <webadmin@adsight.com>, froden@bigblue.no, isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: IP aliassing.
> 
> Can anyone explain why a netmask of 255.255.255.255 is required for 
> aliased IPs.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Cassandra M. Perkins
> The Loop ISC
> 
> On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Robert Shady wrote:
> 
> > > > I have made IP aliassing work by executing the following command:
> > > > ifconfig ep0 xxx.yyy.zzz alias
> > > > 
> > > > And then add a route for that ip to localhost, but, when I add that alias, ifconfig comes up with a "File exists" error, 
> > > > but the alias work, so I just wonder if it is the right way of doing things?
> > > > ---------------------------------
> > > > Frode Nordahl <froden@bigblue.no>
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > This started happening to me yesterday, after I upgraded from
> > > 2.1R to 2.1.5R -- before that, the same alias commands worked
> > > without complaint.  Obviously some version difference here.
> > > Anybody know if these warnings can be ignored?
> > 
> > You need to specify the network mask now... Ie:
> > 
> > ifconfig ed0 1.1.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00
> > ifconfig ed0 alias 1.1.1.2 netmask 0xffffffff
> > ifconfig ed0 alias 1.1.1.3 netmask 0xffffffff
> > 
> > 	-- Rob
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