[lug] netmasks for interface aliases?

[David Anselmi]

Scott Herod wrote:
[...]
> [root at my_machine root]# ip addr
> 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 100
>     link/ether 00:01:11:11:11:11 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>     inet 1.2.3.4/24 brd 1.2.3.255 scope global eth0
>     inet 1.2.3.5/16 brd 1.2.255.255 scope global secondary eth0:0

This doesn't make sense because the networks overlap but have different 
masks.  How about: 1.2.3.4/24 and 1.3.2.1/16.

Does that help?

Dave