Re: Quick question about IP aliasing

[Matthew Emmerton]

> > 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


To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message