Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 10:40:04 -0500 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Luigi Rizzo" <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it>, "Josef Karthauser" <joe@tao.org.uk>, "Rogier R. Mulhuijzen" <drwilco@drwilco.nl> Cc: "Jonathan Graehl" <jonathan@graehl.org>, <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Quick question about IP aliasing Message-ID: <002a01c0a19c$bd692a90$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <200102280156.CAA29214@info.iet.unipi.it> <4.3.2.7.0.20010228083627.0233f3c0@mail.drwilco.net>
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> > > > > Everybody is saying use 255.255.255.255 for an alias. Noone is giving > > > > > reasons why. > > > >Exactly. I never got a good answer to this when I first stumbled upon it, > >and I still haven't. All I know is that this is the way it needs to be done > >in order for things to work properly. > > Ok, I meant everyone is saying use 255.255.255.255 for an alias even if > it's on a different subnet. I've been preaching to use the real subnet when > the alias is on a different subnet from the start of this thread =) That's partly my fault, as I wasn't aware that you are to use the real subnet when your aliased IP is on a different subnet. At least I'm straightened out now :) -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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