Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 15:24:44 -0700 (PDT) From: tundra@tundraware.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/27862: xl driver defaults to incorrect broadcast address Message-ID: <200106032224.f53MOib78759@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 27862 >Category: kern >Synopsis: xl driver defaults to incorrect broadcast address >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jun 03 15:30:01 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Tim Daneliuk >Release: 4.3 >Organization: TundraWare Inc. >Environment: FreeBSD eskimo.tundraware.com 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Sat Jun 2 19:50:27 CDT 2001 toor@eskimo.tundraware.com:/usr/s rc/sys/compile/ESKIMO-4.3 i386 >Description: Running a 3c509C in a non-routable address space being set up in rc.conf as follows: ifconfig_xl1="inet 192.168.0.254 netmask 0xfffff00" This setup defaults to a broadcast address of 240.168.0.255 which I believe is bogus - it should be 192.168.0.255 - this seems to confuse programs like 'samba' that need broadcasting to work correctly. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Use the following line in rc.conf: ifconfig_xl1="inet 192.168.0.254 netmask 0xfffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255" >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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