ifconfig netmask problem

[Warren Liddell]

On Wednesday 23 June 2004 17:29, Dan Piparo wrote:
> Hello,
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> I just upgraded my server to FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE from FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE
> and I've seemed to have a problem with ifconfig.
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> I have an em0 interface and on the primary IP address I have the netmask
> set at 255.255.255.128 because I have a /25 IP block, and the primary IP
> address is pingable.  The problem that I'm having is with the alias IPs,
> I've had the netmask set for them at 255.255.255.255 for years and they
> worked fine, but now the alias IPs that I have aren't pingable at all.  The
> strange thing is, when I change the netmask to something like 255.255.255.0
> or
> 255.255.255.254 it is pingable.
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> What I really want to know, what is the proper netmask for an alias IP
> address for the latest FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE version.  Did it change for some
> reason?
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> Any help would be most appreciated.

I have had to do a lil aliasing mysel fof l8 .. but i use this website as a 
source fo rit.

http://freebsd.peon.net/tutorials/6/
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