Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 22:59:36 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Subject: Re: 950726-SNAP lp0/nfs install bug ? Message-ID: <199508112059.WAA27645@grumble.grondar.za>
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> > Jordan, speaking at this part of the installation, it would be nice to > > either pre-allocate the netmask field with the proper default netmask > > (similar to the `domain') or omit the `netmask' keyword from the > > ifconfig command line if no netmask has been provided. Otherwise, > > Yeek! I thought I did! I will look at the code.. > > Hmmm. Anyone willing to give me a little formula to calculate > netmask based on IP address? Then I could also fill it in.. :-) You used to be able/allowed to do this, but not any more. The nic/noc (I can't remember which) now gives out blocks or ranges of addresses to providers, so bits of what used to be Class-A addresses could be handed out like such: 19.1.1/24 as a "class C" or as 19.1.1.128/28 to give a small net of 16 addresses. (Numbers are examples only). M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grumble.grondar.za for PGP key
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