Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 11:11:21 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au> Cc: nate@sri.MT.net (Nate Williams), stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: arp and async problems Message-ID: <199602151811.LAA00327@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199602151757.EAA09376@asstdc.scgt.oz.au> References: <199602151734.KAA29970@rocky.sri.MT.net> <199602151757.EAA09376@asstdc.scgt.oz.au>
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michael butler writes: > Nate Williams writes: > > > I think you are doing something that worked in 2.1, but was illegal and > > is no longer allowed. > > Oh, terrific, dandy, *&#@$%* .. > > > This comment from /sys/netinet/in.c might be of interest: > > revision 1.14.4.2 > > date: 1996/01/30 21:41:34; author: davidg; state: Exp; lines: +8 -2 > > Brought in change from rev 1.21: fix for aliases & all-ones netmasks. > > I'd be interested in the impact on the functionality of named, if any. Some > of these aliases are primary DNS server addresses (not to mention WWW > "virtual hosts") which is going to make "interesting" to change .. (read as > "politically unwise" to even attempt). > > There is no way I can afford to split out 14 subnets with only one address > in each to support a DNS and WWW server nor is it practical to stick that > many ethernet cards into the box. Why split it out? Why not stick all of the alias' on the same network, so that the IP address are relevant on your primary network? > ifconfig ep0 inet 202.12.127.<pick-a-number> alias netmask 255.255.255.255 > .. none of them fall within the primary network's subnet (i.e. it > primary address is .70, it has aliases from 225 through 238 of which > only the first six are accessible to the outside world). This is illegal. > If this is to be a permanent feature that's one less box with which I can > continue to test the stuff. It will just have to stay at it's current > release level .. <grumble> Or else you could setup the networking correctly. Again, I'm not sure I'm hearing you correctly, but it sounds like you are trying to use aliases which have no matching network address. Nate
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