phil@ldc.cs.wwu.edu (Phil Nelson) writes:
>	The ip alias is printed only when invoked as "ifconfig -a".

Why not print it with "ifconfig ifN" too?  At least IRIX does that
and I like it.

>	No netmask is printed with the ip alias.  (The alias shouldn't
>	run with different netmask than the primary, should it?)

The alias doesn't even have to be from the same prefix as the primary.
The netmask could certainly be different.  And even if it wasn't
supposed to be different, it'd be useful to know when it *is*
different.
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Christoph Badura
Verlag O'Reilly