Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 19:18:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru <genisis@istar.ca> To: David Loszewski <stealth215@mediaone.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: subnetmask-need to add something Message-ID: <20011027191705.Q47895-100000@x1-6-00-50-ba-de-36-33.kico1.on.home.com> In-Reply-To: <003c01c15f3c$44f35a00$3000b1d8@sickness>
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On Sat, 27 Oct 2001, David Loszewski wrote: > For example in my rc.conf file my netmask is set to 255.255.0.0 but when > I do ifconfig it says that it's 192.168.0.255.255 <snip> Hi Dave, Are you sure you're not reading the broadcast address instead? The mask should be written in hex, so if your mask is 255.255.0.0 it'll look like 0xffff0000 Dru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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