26 Aug
2006
26 Aug
'06
15:05
On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 10:58:13AM -0400, suse@rio.vg wrote:
I was always taught to stay away from loopback stuff, and just use alias eth interfaces as you mention here. I suppose in the grand scheme of things, one method is as good as another.
That's very true. It's so easy to screw the whole network up by just specifying wrong netmask on the loopback. For any secondary IP it must be /32. I must admit I made that mistake multiple times. -Kastus