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From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 09:40:37PM -0700, John Timony wrote:
> Hi,all
>  
> I have installed Freebsd 7.0 on my Acer TravelMate 220,my router ip is 192.168.0.1,the ip of my Freebsd is 192.168.1.4,Net Mask is 255.255.0.0,Why my system can not connect wiht the router?
>  
> any idea?

Chances are your router uses 255.255.255.0 as a default netmask; most
residential routers do.  FreeBSD doesn't have any issues/bugs relating
to netmasks which would cause what you're seeing.

Additionally, your request probably should have gone to -net, not
-hackers.

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