R. David Murray wrote: > On Mon, 6 May 2002, Ian wrote: > >>What changed is that the code now enforces that you do it the right way, >>which is to use 255.255.255.255 as the netmask for the alias IPs. That is, >>use the normal/proper netmask for the primary IP for that NIC, then use >>255.255.255.255 for any alias IPs on the same subnet for that NIC. > > > That's rather counter-intuitive. Is that behavior mandated by > some standard or other?
Some things appear counter-intuitive due to poor design, while others do because we're ignorant ;-) There are possible side effects to IP aliases in routing tables and arp handling -- using a netmask of 0xffffffff was always the proper approach, and now it is enforced. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
