Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:49:07 -0700 From: "Michael O'Henly" <michael@tenzo.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@bluemtn.net> Subject: Re: ipfw question... Message-ID: <01041610490700.17291@h24-69-46-74.gv.shawcable.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104160051210.92126-100000@sdmail0.sd.bmarts.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104160051210.92126-100000@sdmail0.sd.bmarts.com>
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Thanks, Gordon. I can see that I need to read up on this. I'm kinda feeling my way along here without enough understanding. M. On Monday 16 April 2001 00:53, Gordon Tetlow wrote: > On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Michael O'Henly wrote: > > After calculating the IP, onet and oip would have values looking like: > > > > onet="1.2.3.4" > > oip="1.2.3.4" > > > > This isn't exactly what I believe is required here. I think onet ideally > > should be in the form of "1.2.3.4/24" but I'm not sure how to do this. > > > > Anyway, when I reboot and check dmesg I see that onet has been > > transformed into "1.2.3.4/23". In other words, something is adding "/nn" > > to the end of the value -- and adding "23" instead of "24". What's > > happening here? > > I'm guessing that it's looking at your netmask (which in my zealous text > deleting I omitted) which you listed as 255.255.254.0. It then puts your > network address and netmask together and voila! 1.2.3.4/23 > > -gordon -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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