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Date:      Sat, 12 Aug 1995 18:52:57 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: 950726-SNAP lp0/nfs install bug ?
Message-ID:  <199508121652.SAA17901@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199508121416.QAA29321@grumble.grondar.za> from "Mark Murray" at Aug 12, 95 04:16:49 pm

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As Mark Murray wrote:
> 
> > Jordan, when i think more about it, don't _calculate_ a default mask.
> > Traditional class A and B networks are always subnetted.  So perhaps
> > 0xffffff00 would be the most practical default value.
> 
> I would tend to agree that this is a _much_ better solution, but I would
> document that the user should also find out what his netmask is when he
> gets an IP address and use _that_ if supplied.

Agreed.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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