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Date:      Mon, 8 Apr 2002 09:02:59 -0700
From:      "Jeff Shevlen" <jshevlen@passedpawn.com>
To:        "John Kozubik" <john@kozubik.com>, "Nick Rogness" <nick@rogness.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: IP aliasing
Message-ID:  <022701c1df16$dc530f30$b300a8c0@wenk>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0204072151110.3366-100000@www>

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>
> > On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Jeff Shevlen wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've set up an IP alias and I want to ensure this second IP gets
> > > created on successive boots.  The first IP is given by DHCP.
Not sure
> > > where and how to make this happen.
> >
> > In /etc/rc.conf:
> >
> > ifconfig_xl0="DHCP"
> > ==> ifconfig_xl0_alias0="inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
>
> Please note that if the first IP garnered from DHCP is also in the
> 192.168.0.1/24 subnet, and already has a netmask of 255.255.255.0
> assigned, the second IP should have a netmask of 255.255.255.255
>


Thanks, for the tip.  What is the reason for this?



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