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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!usenet.etri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!bofh.dot!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can't traceroute to virtual hosts Date: 15 May 1996 17:45:51 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4nd1nv$1cn@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4mhaeg$f8@venus.os.com> <4mjnl4$hgn@paperboy.livenet.net> <4mkakq$51s@uriah.heep.sax.de> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : jsloan@LiveNet.Net (Jim Sloan) wrote: : > >ifconfig de0 inet alias x.x.x.x netmask 0xffffffff : > > : > : > Try this instead : > : > ifconfig de0 inet alias x.x.x.x 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 : Don't do this. The mask should be 0xffffffff - meaning that anything on this network can be reached down this interface.... ie. only that machine. : -- : cheers, J"org : joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE : Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....