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Date:      Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:45:56 +0000
From:      Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>
To:        "Rogier R. Mulhuijzen" <drwilco@drwilco.nl>
Cc:        Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, Jonathan Graehl <jonathan@graehl.org>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Quick question about IP aliasing
Message-ID:  <20010227194556.C737@tao.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.0.20010227070424.00d25c10@mail.bsdchicks.com>; from drwilco@drwilco.nl on Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 07:16:14AM %2B0100
References:  <NCBBLOALCKKINBNNEDDLAEJIDLAA.jonathan@graehl.org> <001501c0a070$3a14d900$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <4.3.2.7.0.20010227070424.00d25c10@mail.bsdchicks.com>

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On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 07:16:14AM +0100, Rogier R. Mulhuijzen wrote:
>
> >The point is that you need to use a netmask of 255.255.255.255 for alias=
ed
> >IPs on FreeBSD, regardless of the alias of the primary (non-alias) IP.
>=20
> Everybody is saying use 255.255.255.255 for an alias. Noone is giving=20
> reasons why.

I don't understand this either.  To my mind it's a bug if it doesn't
work with the full netmask for an IP alias address.

Joe

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