Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 11:03:18 -0500 From: Mark Segal <mark@club-web.com> To: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ifconfig & 2nd IP address - weird... Message-ID: <34B255C6.F4160FE8@club-web.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980105165929.8003D-100000@guardian.fortress.org> <34B15E1A.EE0854C6@tdx.co.uk>
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Karl Pielorz wrote: > > Thanks to yourself, and the numerous other people who replied... Changing the > netmask to 255.255.255.255 (0xffffffff) did indeed fix the problem... > > I'd not seen this mentioned anywhere - or if I did it must have been long > forgotten... > It's a bug in freebsd (not sure if it has been documented.. but it's just past on :).. every aliased ip after the first one has to have a netmask of 255.255.255.255 (or 0xffffffff)... mark -- Mark Segal mark@club-web.com System Administrator - Club-Web Inc.
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