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Date:      Tue, 7 May 2002 13:39:17 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "R. David Murray" <bitz@bitdance.com>
To:        Ian <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>
Cc:        Erich Zigler <erichz@superhero.org>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Unable to alias IP's in 4.5
Message-ID:  <20020507133834.I31920-100000@twirl.bitdance.com>
In-Reply-To: <B8FC53DD.CB79%freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>

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On Mon, 6 May 2002, Ian wrote:
> What changed is that the code now enforces that you do it the right way,
> which is to use 255.255.255.255 as the netmask for the alias IPs.  That is,
> use the normal/proper netmask for the primary IP for that NIC, then use
> 255.255.255.255 for any alias IPs on the same subnet for that NIC.

That's rather counter-intuitive.  Is that behavior mandated by
some standard or other?

--RDM


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