From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Dec 20 15: 9: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (GndRsh.dnsmgr.net [198.145.92.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34D14153AD for ; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 15:08:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net) Received: (from freebsd@localhost) by gndrsh.dnsmgr.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA44335; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 15:08:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199912202308.PAA44335@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: alias ip addresses not pingable In-Reply-To: from Randy Bush at "Dec 20, 1999 03:05:48 pm" To: randy@psg.com (Randy Bush) Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 15:08:31 -0800 (PST) Cc: eddy@isi.edu, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Stable) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >> aliases should have a netmask of 255.255.255.255, as seen in ifconfig(8) > > why? i regularly use aliases with masks smaller than /32, on a 3.1 > > system e.g: > > well, it turned out that > > if i > boot with the alias netmask of 255.255.255.0 > it does not work > delete the alias > ifconfig the alias with a /32 > it still does not work > > but if i boot with a /32 alias, it works! Take a look at netstat -rn in the 2 different situations you describe above. Your probably getting an error during the boot with alias /24 that has to do with the fact it can't add the route to the address as the route already exists. -- Rod Grimes - KD7CAX @ CN85sl - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message