Darn, I have to correct myself once again.
Oleg Cherevko wrote:
Li, Qing wrote:
First of all, are you encountering any issues ?
Well, for the last 14+ years I used to setup aliases with 0x
netmask and everything worked OK. However recently I encountered
situation where 0x
ilto:owner-freebsd-
n...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Oleg Cherevko
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 8:11 AM
To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject: ifconfig alias: same subnet netmask question
Hi All,
When describing the "alias" parameter ifconfig manpage claims that "If
the address is o
On 29.06.2011 18:10, Oleg Cherevko wrote:
Are there any drawbacks in setting aliases like this:
ifconfig em0 inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xff00
ifconfig em0 inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 0xff00
instead of traditional:
ifconfig em0 inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xff00
Hi All,
When describing the "alias" parameter ifconfig manpage claims that "If
the address is on the same subnet as the first network address for this
interface, a non-conflicting netmask must be given. Usually 0x
is most appropriate."
Taking into account that FreeBSD supports aliase
