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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: "Jin Guojun[ITG]" <jin@george.lbl.gov>
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Subject: Re: help on set netmasks
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On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Jin Guojun[ITG] wrote:

> According to "man networks", the netmasks should be placed in the file
> /etc/networks and look like:

> Would some one please tell me where should I set the subnet masks?

I, FWIW, have NEVER touched /etc/networks.  Netmasks should be set on a
per-interface basis, so you want /etc/sysconfig's ifconfig lines.

ifconfig_ed0="xxx.yyy.zzz.qqq netmask 255.255.255.0 ..."

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major