Gerianne McC writes: > I'm making my primary ppp connection at interface > > ppp0, IP address = x.x.x.238 > > and setting up interface aliases of, > > ppp0:1, IP address = x.x.x.233 > ppp0:2, IP address = x.x.x.234 > ppp0:3, IP address = x.x.x.235 > ppp0:4, IP address = x.x.x.236 > ppp0:5, IP address = x.x.x.237 That should work, though it's perhaps not how I'd handle it. > What should be the NETMASK for the primary 'ppp0'? /29 or /32? > And for each of the aliases? They're all /32 -- individual IP addresses. PPP creates point-to-point interfaces. It's not a broadcast-type medium, like Ethernet. There's no "subnet" as far as the interface is concerned, but rather just two arbitrary IP nodes connected together. That's why the link has a "local" address and a "remote" address, and no "broadcast" address. It's not a subnet. > If the right answer if ppp0 -> /29, & ppp0:# -> /32, should I ALSO > create an alias ppp0:6, IP address = x.x.x.238 (same as ppp0 !?) but > with a /32? Setting a /29 on a PPP interface should have no effect. The system should be smart enough to know that the right answer is /32. -- James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W <carlsonj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
