Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 01:25:43 +0800 From: "Alex Kwan" <alexkwan@pacific.net.hk> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Question about man ifconfig Message-ID: <000701bfd0a5$69e108c0$831e40ca@alexkwan>
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Hi!
I wanted to setup multi IP address on a ethernet interface,
and the man ifconfig said:
"The following parameters may be set with ifconfig:
add ............................
alias ............................
If the address is on the same subnet as the first network
address
for this interface, a netmask of 0xffffffff has to be specified.
"
Why do I can't set the netmask as the normal 255.255.255.0 (for C class)
and needed to set as 0xffffffff(255.255.255.255)?
Thanks
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