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Date:      Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:49:02 -0500
From:      "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
To:        "Jonathan Graehl" <jonathan@graehl.org>, <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Quick question about IP aliasing
Message-ID:  <001501c0a070$3a14d900$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
References:  <NCBBLOALCKKINBNNEDDLAEJIDLAA.jonathan@graehl.org>

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> > do 'netmask 255.255.255.255' instead or 'netmask 0xffffffff' since this
is
> > an alias... for some reason otherwise services may not bind to the ip
> > correctly
>
> Why would this be?  The two are numerically equivalent.

Yes, but you're missing the point.

The point is that you need to use a netmask of 255.255.255.255 for aliased
IPs on FreeBSD, regardless of the alias of the primary (non-alias) IP.

--
Matt Emmerton


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