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From: Tom Van Looy <tom@ctors.net>
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Subject: Re: Network Device Configuration --> wrong information
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I forgot to mention that this is about the freebsd handbook point 2.9.1.

Tom Van Looy wrote:
> 2.9.1 Network Device Configuration
> ...
> Netmask
> The address block being used for this local area network is a Class C
> block (192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255). The default netmask is for a
> Class C network (255.255.255.0).
> 
> --> this is wrong and should be (192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.255) for /24.
> It's mixed up with the RFC1918 range I guess, maybe someone can fix it.
> 
> regards
> 
> Tom Van Looy
>