Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:17:13 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Chris Peltier <CPELTIER@iectech.com> Cc: "'FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org'" <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Multiple class C's on the same wire Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971222221652.7705i-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <97Dec15.120334est.6182@netgate.iectech.com>
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On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Chris Peltier wrote: > > Hi there, > I aliased a class C address (/32) to my de interface (the interface > was already configured as being on another class C) and > added a route to the rest of the new class C using the new aliased > address as the gateway. So far so good. Some other FreeBsd > machines on the original Class C started complaining about > hosts not on the network (I guess they didn't understand some > of the arp messages about the new class C on the same wire). > They complained but operated without any problems. My > Livingston Portmasters on the other hand were a mess. All the > arp table entries (on the freebsd boxes) for the Livingstons were > marked as incomplete and all connectivity to proxy-arp customers > on them was lost. Any known problems with this? Are there > any special considerations when running multiple class C's on the > same network? FreeBSD version was 2.1.0. I do have 2.2.5 boxes > as well. Everyone's netmasks *MUST* match. Period. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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