Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:20:06 +0200 From: Cyrille Lefevre <cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net> To: Christopher Weimann <cweimann@k12hq.com> Cc: Michael Meltzer <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com>, Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au>, freebsd stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: unable to alias more than 1 ip address in a subnet Message-ID: <20020627072006.GA31514@gits.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20020625163609.A90689@mail.k12us.com> References: <200206242356.JAA12574@lightning.itga.com.au> <20020625003023.GA2654@gits.dyndns.org> <004d01c21c63$5ce70820$34f820c0@ix1x1000> <20020625201147.GB11513@gits.dyndns.org> <20020625163609.A90689@mail.k12us.com>
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On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 04:36:09PM -0400, Christopher Weimann wrote: > On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 10:11:47PM +0200, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: > > > > for instance, ifconfig(8) doesn't say anything about netmasking > > .255 for aliases. > > > > %uname -r > 4.3-STABLE > > Snipped from man 8 ifconfig.... > > alias Establish an additional network address for this interface. This > is sometimes useful when changing network numbers, and one wishes > to accept packets addressed to the old interface. If the address > is on the same subnet as the first network address for this in- > terface, a netmask of 0xffffffff has to be specified. oops! my apology. I've read the man page but didn't see that... maybe too tired when I've read it ? Cyrille. -- Cyrille Lefevre mailto:cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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