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Date:      Mon, 01 Jul 2002 22:47:54 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Russell Cattelan <cattelan@thebarn.com>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: misc/38672: ifconfig+alias
Message-ID:  <3D213E8A.B83A7D98@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200207020200.g622073J081748@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Russell Cattelan wrote:
> 
> The following reply was made to PR misc/38672; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: Russell Cattelan <cattelan@thebarn.com>
> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, phisto@mail.ru
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: misc/38672: ifconfig+alias
> Date: 01 Jul 2002 20:56:24 -0500
> 
>  I just hit this bug also... does anybody have a fix for it yet?
>  It seems to have showwn up someplace between 4.5 and 4.6
> 
>  It appears something is being over checking if I create aliases
>  with different netmasks it works, but creating aliases
>  with the same netmask as an already existing ip fails.

netmasks for aliases should all be 255.255.255.255:

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
        interface, a non-conflicting netmask must be given.  Usually
        0xffffffff is most appropriate.

The fact that this is being enforced is not a bug.

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