Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 22:06:51 -0700 (MST) From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@cold.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which way is 'correct'? (was: Re: Aliases) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970217220512.14077A-100000@cold.org> In-Reply-To: <28199.856225398@time.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > ifconfig ed0 alias x.y.z netmask 255.255.255.255 > > arp add x.y.z 127.0.0.1 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Not needed. > > So the ed0 case eliminates an extra arp call. I suppose you could > thusly deem it superior, but either method works so I also wouldn't go > to the trouble of changing an existing system. :-) Erm.. Previous to 2.2 I'd say this worked fine. But after my upgrade to 2.2 (actually, just a clean install) doing just the ifconfig no longer worked... Actually, it would work at first, but then it wouldn't work. Doing the arp would fix the problem. Why? I have no idea--I'm just a monkey hitting keys at this point. -Brandon Gillespie
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