ipv6 host part

[Dean Strik]

Neo-Vortex wrote:
>      alias   Establish an additional network address for this interface.  This
>              is sometimes useful when changing network numbers, and one wishes
>              to accept packets addressed to the old interface.  If the address
>              is on the same subnet as the first network address for this
>              interface, a non-conflicting netmask must be given.  Usually
>              0xffffffff is most appropriate.
> 
> That is for IPv4 taken from ifconfig(8), one would assume for IPv6 it is
> the same and i use it like that without issues (although i have not tried
> it the other way)

Your assumption is wrong.

-- 
Dean C. Strik             Eindhoven University of Technology
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