Loosing alias IPs

Buki dev at null.cz
Fri Aug 24 06:22:42 PDT 2007


On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 02:11:58PM +0100, Tom Judge wrote:
> Buki wrote:

[snip]

> >
> >Also, aliased Ip addresses must be configured with netmask /32
> >
> 
> This is only true if the IP aliases are in the same network as the first 
> IP address. The following would be a valid configuration:
> 
> ifconfig_em0="inet 192.168.0.1/24"
> ifconfig_em0_alias0="inet 192.168.0.2/32"
> ifconfig_em0_alias1="inet 192.168.1.1/24"
> ifconfig_em0_alias2="inet 192.168.1.2/32"

yeah, after sending the mail I immediately thought of that scenario, but
then again, from the original poster I got the idea the aliases were on
the same network as the DHCP-assigned address

> Tom

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