Re: ifconfig aliases

["scott brewerton" <scott@sporticia.com>]

your mask seems a little excessive !! try 255.255.255.0 for a full class C
block network !!

_scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Cameron" <chris@upnix.com>
To: <misc@openbsd.org>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:53 PM
Subject: ifconfig aliases


> I've run into a problem with aliases on a local network that seems
> embarrassingly simple.
>
> Have 2 OBSD 3.0 machines, both attached to the same network. I run:
>
> sudo ifconfig xl0 inet alias 192.168.0.5 netmask 255.255.255.255
>
> and
>
> sudo ifconfig rl0 inet alias 192.168.0.6 netmask 255.255.255.255
>
> On the two different machines, almost -exactly- the same as the FAQ.
>
> After doing this, both computers can ping themselves, but not each other.
On
> the same network, I can make this work with 2 Linux machines (RH 7.2) with
a
> simple:
> ifconfig eth0:0 192.168.0.7
> and
> ifconfig eth0:0 192.168.0.8
>
>
> What makes this worse for me is that I have aliases working with real IP
> addresses all over the place and I'm quite put-off by this not working.
>
> Have I missed something simple here (I must have)?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris