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In that case there would be no broadcast adres, so It just seems weird to me.
<br />Then its not realy a network anymore, just one host with nothing else..
<br />But maybe others can help you, I will step out :(
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<br />Wisja
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<br /><font size="2"><b>On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:47:09 +0000, Menno Jansz wrote</b>
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Well they are saying that if I change the alias ips to have netmask
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255.255.255.255 then the problem is resolved. But Blueonyx GUI wont let me
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set that.
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To be honest I have never got my head round the netmask stuff, but they
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say they force all their other clients to do this otherwise their routers
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get flooded with unnecessary arp who-has requests.
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Cheers,
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Menno
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On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:35:06 +0100, "Wisja.net Computers"
<info@wisja.net>
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wrote:
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> Ow wait, now I understand, your IP's are on the same server but are
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> not in a range.
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> Then there will probably be no other way then to use the max subnet (and
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> that could indeed be a 255.255.255.0) that will cover the needed ip's.
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>
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> Can't you ask for a range of IP's? After all they (provider) are
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> complaining about something that is not caused by your own fault.
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>
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> Wisja
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>
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> ON WED, 13 NOV 2013 11:25:27 +0000, MENNO JANSZ WROTE
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>> Hi Wirja,
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>>
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>> I cant do that because my 4 alias ips are not in a range, they are all
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>> very different.
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>>
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>> Cheers,
<br />>
>> Menno
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>>
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>> On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:05:49 +0100, "Wisja.net Computers"
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>> wrote:
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>> > Depending on how many IP's you have you could change the .0 to
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>> > whatever meets your needs.
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>> > For example, use 255.255.255.240 when you have 16 (14 real usable)
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> IP's.
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>>
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>> > There are several online subnet calculators, just type 'subnet
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>> calculator'
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>> > in any search engine to get more info about subnets.
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>> >
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>> > Wisja
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>> >
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>> > ON WED, 13 NOV 2013 10:44:06 +0000, MENNO JANSZ WROTE
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>> >> Hi,
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>> >>
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>> >> I'm having a problem trying to set my interface alias netmask
to
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>> >> 255.255.255.255.
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>> >>
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>> >> The GUI complains saying "Sorry, 255.255.255.255 is not a
valid
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>> netmask.
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>> >> Please enter a series of four numbers between 0 and 255
separated by
<br />>
<br />>
>> >> periods. For example, 255.255.255.0 is a valid entry."
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>> >>
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>> >> My hosting provider has instructed me that my Interface Alias
ips,
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> what
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>>
<br />>
>> >> they call failover ips, are misconfigured because the netmask
is
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>> >> 255.255.255.0 and that this is causing unnecessary arp who-has
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> requests
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>> > on
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>> >> the network. And they are threatening to block my ip if I dont
sort
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it
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>
<br />>
>> in
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>> >
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>> >> the next 24 hours!
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>> >>
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>> >> They have instructed me to set the aliases as follows:
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>> >>
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>> >> DEVICE="eth0:0"
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>> >> ONBOOT="yes"
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>> >> BOOTPROTO="none"
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>> >> IPADDR="IP.FAIL.OVER"
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>> >> NETMASK="255.255.255.255"
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>> >> BROADCAST="IP.FAIL.OVER"
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>> >>
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>> >> Any ideas how I comply with their request? If I just manually
edit
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the
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>
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>> >> etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:x scripts I assume
the GUI
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>> >> sausalito scripts will just overwrite them again?
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>> >>
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>> >> Cheers,
<br />>
>> >> Menno
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>> >>
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