At 09:19 AM 8/6/2007 -0700, Greg Thomas wrote:
> The reason for this is a different one. Interface routes are all added to
> the routing table. The /32 route for the alias is necessary because the
> real network is already in the table. Additionally it helps choosing the
> main interface address for outgoing traffic (instead of an alias) because
> the network route points to the main interface address.
> Interface aliases are a bit of a mess because of all these side-effects.
Thanks for the info! Creating the alias with a /32 does not include the
alias with ifconfig <interface>, however, as was suggested earlier.
ifconfig -A is still required.
Lee
