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Date:      Fri, 31 Aug 2001 19:08:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.org>
To:        Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Multiple aliases, can't ping each other
Message-ID:  <20010831190833.N538-100000@dreamhaven.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108312148000.2321-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca>

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On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Matthew Emmerton wrote:

> >         inet xx.yy.17.210 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast xx.yy.17.215
> >         inet xx.yy.17.212 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast xx.yy.17.215
> >         inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255
> >
> > (I have blotted out the first 2 octets of the internet visible IP
> > addresses for security reasons.)
> >
> > The problem is that I cannot ping the .210 or .212 addresses from the
> > local host, although I *can* ping 10.0.0.1.
>
> Aliases on the same subnet as the "primary" IP for an interface *must*
> have the all-one's netmaks (255.255.255.255), as outlined in ifconfig(8).

Thanks!  I discovered that after reading the man page on ifconfig for
something else, and smacked myself and went "Duh!". ;)

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