Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 09:07:12 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: *** HELP! ifconfig aliases!? *** Message-ID: <199512040807.JAA07653@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199512040721.IAA09236@allegro.lemis.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Dec 4, 95 08:21:52 am
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As Greg Lehey wrote: > > > > Use netmask 0xffffffff for aliases. > > > > ...but only if they are in the same (sub)net as the primary address. > > OK, I'll bite: why? Since a packet cannot be sent from multiple addresses. An outgoing packet needs one distinct address. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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