Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 10:10:34 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Michael Ryan <mike@NetworX.ie> Cc: FreeBSD Support <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Aliasing an IP address on 2.1R Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.95.970402100855.15950E-100000@cedb> In-Reply-To: <ECS9704021253C@NetworX.ie>
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On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Michael Ryan wrote: > # ifconfig ep0 > ep0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 194.9.12.4 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 194.9.12.255 > ether 00:00:c0:a3:5c:2d > # ifconfig ep0 alias 10.1.0.4 netmask 255.255.255.255 The ifconfig alias only needs a netmask of 255.255.255.255 when the real address and the alias are in the same network. Use a netmask of 255.255.0.0 for the alias. Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82
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