On 1/21/06, Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greg Thomas wrote: > > Ok, I'm getting frustrated because I thought I understood aliases well > > but I'm having trouble setting an alias with a RFC1918 address. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ethant# cat /etc/hostname.xl0 > > inet 66.245.151.101 255.255.255.0 NONE > > inet alias 192.168.3.1 255.255.255.255 NONE > ... > > I can't ping from this box to 192.168.3.5 on the same hub: > > right. With that subnet (/32), 192.168.3.5 is as much on the same > network as 1.2.3.4 or any other IP address on the 'net. Everything > would have to go through the gateway. > > You want a /32 when your alias is on the same network as the primary IP. > > On the other hand...not sure what you are trying to do there, and not > sure how/if it would work. I'm very possibly missing something, but I > think you have a general design problem, bigger than a subnet mask. >
Thanks, that was enough to jog my brain. I was stuck on the idea that any alias needed a /32 subnet mask. It's working now. When I had the situation reversed I probably had /24s on both IP addresses. Basically I've got a new Brother HL-5250DN on my network now but previously I was all wireless except for my DSL connection. My OpenBSD AP/router is the only computer in my office that stays on all the time so I had to figure a way to route through it to the printer even though it only has one ethernet port. I know this is risky because the printer is outside my firewall now but since it's on a different subnet than my internet connection and the printer network firmware does some simple IP filtering I figure I'll accept the risk. If I'm out of my mind please let me know. It is working but I can always use my last resort of buying a USB cable and plugging it into my OpenBSD box or I can put my wireless/parallel Thanks, Greg
