Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:30:30 -0800 (PST) From: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net> To: =?iso-8859-1?q?manish=20gautam?= <manish_6983@yahoo.co.in> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: multiple aliases(IPs) same netmask...error...why? Message-ID: <Pine.OSX.4.58.0401291127140.4622@onorysvfu.ybpny> In-Reply-To: <20040129185104.99161.qmail@web8202.mail.in.yahoo.com> References: <20040129185104.99161.qmail@web8202.mail.in.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, [iso-8859-1] manish gautam wrote: > I am facing some problems :: > > 1. If i try to make aliases having same netmask like 255.255.255.0, it > gives error ( SCIOADDR file exists..something like that)..Why is it > so ? Because that's not the correct netmask for a FreeBSD alias on the same network as the primary interface. > 2. But if I try the same using netmask 255.255.255.255 it does'nt give > any error...why ? Becasue that is the correct netmask for a FreeBSD alias on the same network as the primary interface. > 3. And what is the limit of aliases if netmask is 255.255.255.255 ? Some large number, I don't recall at the moment, and I believe it varies between the 4. and 5. branches. KeS
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