On Tuesday 2012-04-03 23:32, richard lucassen 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 Anything is valid (save perhaps for 0.0.0.0/::) for addition. Don't think up artificial limitations where there are none. >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 > -- 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
