Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 15:57:44 -0300 (BRT) From: Thiago Damas <thiago_vet@vetnet5.vetorialnet.com.br> To: Matthew <mgt@hytekblue.com> Cc: <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ifconfig quirks Message-ID: <20011005155404.F57457-100000@vetnet5.vetorialnet.com.br> In-Reply-To: <005601c14dc8$1c19dee0$8f64a8c0@jimsfw.com>
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When you use numbers with a zero (0) as the first caracter, the C language think that is in octal. 007 in octal = 7 in decimal 034 in octal = 24 in decimal ... ... Then, use the ifconfig without the zero (0) in the first caracter On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Matthew wrote: > I just wanted to point out something strange I ran into on my test > network with release 4.4. > > if I use "ifconfig xl1 inet 10.0.0.007 netmask 255.255.255.0" > I get upon looking at the adapter > inet 10.0.0.7 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255 > > however when I use "ifconfig xl1 inet 10.0.0.034 netmask 255.255.255.0" > I get > inet 10.0.0.28 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255 > > and yet again if I use " ifconfig xl1 inet 10.0.0.52 netmask 255.255.255.0 " > I get > inet 10.0.0.42 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255 > > and a third time I use "ifconfig xl1 inet 10.0.0.61 netmask 255.255.255.0" > and I get > inet 10.0.0.49 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255 > > I have done this on three different freebsd 4.4 release machines with the > exact same results on each. if I do not use the leading zero's in the last > octet it works correctly. However I have at least three nics in each machine > with multiple ip's on > most interfaces to simulate my existing network so it would be nice to be > able to use them as place holders to make the files look a bit cleaner. > Cheers, > Matthew > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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