From owner-freebsd-stable Mon May 13 12:38:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from corp1.wmis.net (corp1.wmis.net [209.176.192.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1011E37B400 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 12:38:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mike.wmis.net (gateway.wmis.net [216.109.194.253]) by corp1.wmis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA85805 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 15:38:39 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mikem@wmis.net) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020513153431.03738dd0@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 15:37:27 -0400 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: "Mike M." Subject: Re: 4.6-PRERELASE fxp alias woes In-Reply-To: <3CE014AB.6070209@tenebras.com> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020513142059.03741410@127.0.0.1> <20020513192324.GA14323@peitho.fxp.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_271693718==_.ALT" Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --=====================_271693718==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I agree. And thanks everyone for your fast, and friendly responses (even though I didn't RTFM enough!!!!!) Changed the netmask and the system comes online fine now, just like new (err, like old?? ;-). I'll be checking UPDATING and README more thoroughly before future upgrades. Thanks again Mike At 03:31 PM 5/13/2002, Michael Sierchio wrote: >Chris Faulhaber wrote: > >>Proper alias netmasks are now enforced. See the ifconfig(8) >>man page for the proper format: >> alias Establish an additional network address for this >> interface. This >> is sometimes useful when changing network numbers, and one >> wishes >> to accept packets addressed to the old interface. If the >> address >> is on the same subnet as the first network address for this >> interface, a netmask of 0xffffffff has to be specified. > > >Unfortunate language, though. It would be better, I suggest, if we >followed something like the IETF guidelines on the use of key words >such as MAY, MUST, SHALL, etc. > >Alias addresses on the same subnet as the primary network address >for the interface MUST use a netmask of 0xffffffff (255.255.255.255) --=====================_271693718==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" I agree.

And thanks everyone for your fast, and friendly responses (even though I didn't
RTFM enough!!!!!)  Changed the netmask and the system comes online fine now,
just like new (err, like old?? ;-).

I'll be checking UPDATING and README more thoroughly before future upgrades.

Thanks again

Mike

At 03:31 PM 5/13/2002, Michael Sierchio wrote:
Chris Faulhaber wrote:

Proper alias netmasks are now enforced.  See the ifconfig(8)
man page for the proper format:
     alias   Establish an additional network address for this interface.  This
             is sometimes useful when changing network numbers, and one wishes
             to accept packets addressed to the old interface.  If the address
             is on the same subnet as the first network address for this
             interface, a netmask of 0xffffffff has to be specified.


Unfortunate language, though.  It would be better, I suggest, if we
followed something like the IETF guidelines on the use of key words
such as MAY, MUST, SHALL, etc.

Alias addresses on the same subnet as the primary network address
for the interface MUST use a netmask of 0xffffffff (255.255.255.255)
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