tech-net: Re: tech-net : ifconfig and aliases

Subject: Re: tech-net : ifconfig and aliases
To: None <jnilsson@ludd.luth.se>
From: Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>
List: tech-net
Date: 07/20/1999 08:24:25

In some email I received from Jens A Nilsson, sie wrote:
> 
> I don't understand "ifconfig lo0 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xffff0000"
> changes the netmask correctly.

Why should changing the netmask require you to specify the IP# ?

Darren