Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 09:41:57 -0600 From: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net> To: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig reports bogus netmask Message-ID: <19971217094157.37862@mcs.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19971217100825.00d45930@etinc.com>; from dennis on Wed, Dec 17, 1997 at 10:08:26AM -0500 References: <3.0.32.19971217100825.00d45930@etinc.com>
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On Wed, Dec 17, 1997 at 10:08:26AM -0500, dennis wrote: > At 11:34 AM 12/17/97 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > Your ISP, unfortunately, most likely uses Ciscos, which CANNOT route to > hosts. Ciscos can only route to nets, so you must set the PTP interface > to a subnet mask. This is a waste of a net and arguably wrong (since there > is, in fact, no network), but we live in a world of ciscoheads. With unix > you only need use 2 addresses per PTP interface..with ciscos you need to > use an entire subnet. > > Dennis Balderdash. CISCOs can run un-numbered interfaces (the proper way to do a PTP link where the terminal end is not a network) and further, can in fact handle and advertise host routes. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | NEW! K56Flex support on ALL modems Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost
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