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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problem with ifconfig alias
Date: 15 Aug 1995 10:35:58 +0200
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Peter Wemm <peter@haywire.DIALix.COM> wrote:

>Perhaps this:  *if* the alias address is contained within the subnet of the
>primary interface address, then change the default to 0xffffffff.  I
>think that would solve 99% of the problems, without creating new ones.

Agreed.
-- 
cheers, J"org                      private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
                                   http://www.sax.de/~joerg/

Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)