Re: ifconfig alias: same subnet netmask question

2011-06-29 Thread Oleg Cherevko
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-st

Re: ifconfig alias: same subnet netmask question

2011-06-29 Thread Oleg Cherevko
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-style alias triggered some unwanted network behavior. When one set

RE: ifconfig alias: same subnet netmask question

2011-06-29 Thread Li, Qing
First of all, are you encountering any issues ? There is an outstanding issue with the address alias and improper routing table update that I am actively working on. --Qing > -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > n...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of

Re: ifconfig alias: same subnet netmask question

2011-06-29 Thread Oleg Cherevko
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