On 8/6/07, L. V. Lammert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. >
Most definitely, -A is normally the only way to see alias info. Just wanted to let you know about the /32 mask for aliases. Greg -- Ticketmaster and Ticketweb suck, but everyone knows that: http://ticketmastersucks.org Dethink to survive - Mclusky
