Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 23:51:36 -0400 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@freebsd.org> To: Cassandra Perkins <cassy@loop.com> Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IP aliassing. (fwd) Message-ID: <13743.841895496@orion.webspan.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 04 Sep 1996 16:30:23 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.91.960904163009.28041A-100000@patty.loop.net>
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Cassandra Perkins wrote in message ID <Pine.BSF.3.91.960904163009.28041A-100000@patty.loop.net>: > Can anyone explain why a netmask of 255.255.255.255 is required for > aliased IPs. Because a route already exists for that network (the addresses the interface was originally ifconfig'd with) so you need to establish a HOST route, not a network route... Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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