From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Oct 18 06:23:37 1995 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id GAA01465 for bugs-outgoing; Wed, 18 Oct 1995 06:23:37 -0700 Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id GAA01459 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 1995 06:23:34 -0700 Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA05096; Wed, 18 Oct 1995 09:23:26 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 09:23:26 -0400 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9510181323.AA05096@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Nate Williams Cc: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/785: 2.0.5-950622-SNAP Various ifconfig alias problems In-Reply-To: <199510172123.PAA08091@rocky.sri.MT.net> References: <199510171950.MAA04955@freefall.freebsd.org> <199510172048.OAA07972@rocky.sri.MT.net> <9510172113.AA04070@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> <199510172123.PAA08091@rocky.sri.MT.net> Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < said: > Can you give an example of when you would use the alias keyword without > an all 1's netmask? ifconfig ed0 18.26.0.162 netmask 255.255.255.0 ifconfig ed0 18.26.1.234 netmask 255.255.255.0 alias -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant