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Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!matlock.mindspring.com!usenet From: rsanders@interbev.mindspring.com (Robert Sanders) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problem with ifconfig alias Date: 08 Aug 1995 18:03:08 -0400 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 13 Message-ID: <87n3dk9hpf.fsf@interbev.mindspring.com> References: <400tlf$5na@alpha.aladdin.co.uk> <402kj1$jv6@nnrp1.primenet.com> <407abb$puq@buffnet2.buffnet.net> <408b4u$bf3@park.uvsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: interbev.mindspring.com In-reply-to: Terry Lambert's message of 8 Aug 1995 18:41:34 GMT X-Newsreader: (ding) Gnus v0.95 On 8 Aug 1995 18:41:34 GMT, Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> said: > Is there a good reason that the 0xffffffff netmask should not > *ALWAYS* be implied by the use of the "alias" keyword? Well, that's probably the most common case by far, but sometimes you have two IP networks on the same wire (interface). In that case, the netmask of the alias should be the netmask of the second network. Regards, -- Robert