Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:49:02 -0500 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Jonathan Graehl" <jonathan@graehl.org>, <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Quick question about IP aliasing Message-ID: <001501c0a070$3a14d900$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <NCBBLOALCKKINBNNEDDLAEJIDLAA.jonathan@graehl.org>
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> > do 'netmask 255.255.255.255' instead or 'netmask 0xffffffff' since this is > > an alias... for some reason otherwise services may not bind to the ip > > correctly > > Why would this be? The two are numerically equivalent. Yes, but you're missing the point. The point is that you need to use a netmask of 255.255.255.255 for aliased IPs on FreeBSD, regardless of the alias of the primary (non-alias) IP. -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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