On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 14:22:49 +0200 (CEST) Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >Just a question: > > > >I have a NIC eth0 with address 10.0.0.1/24 > > > >I want to add an ip address to that NIC. Both ways work: > > > >ip a a 10.0.0.2/32 dev eth0 > > > >ip a a 10.0.0.2/24 dev eth0 > > > >Is there anyhow some or other difference between the two? And is one > >of the two ways preferred? > > The difference lies in the route that is implicitly added. AFAIUI this is valid if it's another subnet, e.g.: ip a a 10.0.255.2/24 dev eth0 But as long as the added ip is in the existing range of the NIC, then there is no difference between adding a 10.0.0.2/32 or a 10.0.0.2/24. Right or wrong? Or am I still missing something crucial? R. -- ___________________________________________________________________ It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak aloud and remove all doubt. +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Richard Lucassen, Utrecht | | Public key and email address: | | http://www.lucassen.org/mail-pubkey.html | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
