summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/sbin/ifconfig
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorphk <phk@FreeBSD.org>1999-11-21 14:53:13 +0000
committerphk <phk@FreeBSD.org>1999-11-21 14:53:13 +0000
commitc5c5cf93b616edb6ca50f6d69b999f8bbd179802 (patch)
tree49c36c7ec7e089ba68cef9b75578d2bb9c3032cc /sbin/ifconfig
parent6b4195bebd4141d3dfa9dc0cf0bd585feaa3befe (diff)
downloadFreeBSD-src-c5c5cf93b616edb6ca50f6d69b999f8bbd179802.zip
FreeBSD-src-c5c5cf93b616edb6ca50f6d69b999f8bbd179802.tar.gz
Add comment about aliases on same subnet.
Submitted by: Martin Blapp <mbr@imp.ch>
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/ifconfig')
-rw-r--r--sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.82
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index cbe9d51..a2b399a 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ The following parameters may be set with
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 alias is on the same subnet as the first network adress
+for this interface, a netmask of 0xffffffff has to be specified.
.It Cm arp
Enable the use of the Address Resolution Protocol in mapping
between network level addresses and link level addresses (default).
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud