why broadcast value are not the same for same command ?

[George Pappas]

Hey,

I am not sure about your subnet mask problem, but if you want eth0:1 to 
be active when your machine boots run system-config-network edit the 
virtual eth and under the general tab tick "Activate device when parent 
devices starts"


M E Fieu wrote:
> Hi.. I have 2 unix boxes, XXX and YYY.  I issued the same command in the 2 boxes as below for
> eth0:0 and I found that the Bcast that I get are different.  Why ?   The correct Bcast should be
> 10.1.113.63 ?  And also how do I make the eth0:0 to stay after the reboot ?
>
>
> [root at xxx root]# ifconfig eth0:0 10.1.113.3 netmask 255.255.255.192 up
> the result come up as 
>
> eth0:0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0D:60:9A:1E:20  
>           inet addr:10.1.113.3  Bcast:10.255.255.255  Mask:255.255.255.192
>
> Bcast is 10.255.255.255
>
> [root at yyy root]# ifconfig eth0:0 10.1.113.3 netmask 255.255.255.192 up
>
> the result is inet addr:10.1.113.3  Bcast:10.1.113.63  Mask:255.255.255.192
>
>
>
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