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Date:      Wed, 20 Sep 2000 23:26:00 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: diskless workstation 
Message-ID:  <200009210626.XAA02048@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 Sep 2000 09:15:12 %2B0300." <E13bzdY-0001wq-00@sexta.cs.huji.ac.il> 

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> In message <200009210609.XAA01851@mass.osd.bsdi.com>you write:
> }
> }I think this is correct, actually. Danny, can you confirm that you're 
> }using one of the class A address spaces (eg. 10.*.*.*?)
> }
> my net is class B. 132.65.0.0

Gotcha.  What's your netmask?  I bet it disagrees one way or the other 
with the "canonical" netmask this code assumes.

> }Actually, IMO the code around this is entirely wrong; we should always 
> }respect the mask supplied by the server, and only use the canonical mask 
> }if we don't get one at all.
> }
> my man!
> 
> im cleaning up bootp and will let you know.

You could make yourself *really* popular and teach it about DHCP, you 
know. 8)

-- 
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also.  But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view.  [Dr. Fritz Todt]




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