Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 00:33:03 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Jim Pazarena <paz@ccstores.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ifconfig alias setup Message-ID: <199908022333.AAA02913@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 31 Jul 1999 10:56:23 PDT." <9907311056.aa08790@dick.ccstores.com>
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> Recently I posed a question about ifconfig and setting up alias IPs. Turns > out that the aliased IP need a netmask of 255.255.255.255 (then it works) > > Is this "standard"? The reason I ask is that I have both SCO OpenServer > _and_ SCO UnixWare, and both of those OSes use the _same_ netmask as > the original IP. > > Does the SysV implementation of ifconfig differ from that of the BSD one? > > This seems like a very fundamental difference, and I'd really like to know > how it occured. What I'd like to know is this: On SCO, if I configure two aliases ip 4.2.3.1 netmask 0xffffff00 ip 4.2.3.2 netmask 0xffffff00 and then connect() to 4.3.2.3, what source IP number does the packet get ? I don't see how conflicting netmasks can be implemented.... SCO sounds a bit broken to me. Am I missing something ? > -- > Jim Pazarena mailto:paz@ccstores.com > http://www.qcislands.net/paz -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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