Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 23:08:31 -0800 From: Justin Walker <justin@mac.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding some new IPs from a different subnet - errors Message-ID: <276C4D2E-2858-11D7-B494-00306544D642@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <33B56C40-2857-11D7-B494-00306544D642@mac.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I read the original message too quickly...
On Tuesday, Jan 14, 2003, at 23:01 US/Pacific, Justin Walker wrote:
> All of this depends on how 'ifconfig' and the kernel cooperate in
> interpreting address/mask pairs.
>
> Normally, I would expect that you do the following when adding
> 'aliases':
> if the alias IP address is on the same subnet as an
> existing address for this interface, use the
> netmask 255.255.255.255; in your case, 10.10.10.1
> exists, and you are adding .2 and .3
10.10.10.1 is the router; .2 is the original address and .3 is the
alias.
Sigh.
Regards,
Justin
--
Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon-At-Large *
Institute for General Semantics | When LuteFisk is outlawed
| Only outlaws will have
| LuteFisk
*--------------------------------------*-------------------------------*
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?276C4D2E-2858-11D7-B494-00306544D642>