From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Aug 11 14:03:09 1995 Return-Path: bugs-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id OAA10470 for bugs-outgoing; Fri, 11 Aug 1995 14:03:09 -0700 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA10461 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 1995 14:02:43 -0700 Received: from grumble.grondar.za (grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.11/8.6.9) with ESMTP id WAA12324; Fri, 11 Aug 1995 22:59:37 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id WAA27645; Fri, 11 Aug 1995 22:59:36 +0200 Message-Id: <199508112059.WAA27645@grumble.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grumble.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Subject: Re: 950726-SNAP lp0/nfs install bug ? Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 22:59:36 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: bugs-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > Jordan, speaking at this part of the installation, it would be nice to > > either pre-allocate the netmask field with the proper default netmask > > (similar to the `domain') or omit the `netmask' keyword from the > > ifconfig command line if no netmask has been provided. Otherwise, > > Yeek! I thought I did! I will look at the code.. > > Hmmm. Anyone willing to give me a little formula to calculate > netmask based on IP address? Then I could also fill it in.. :-) You used to be able/allowed to do this, but not any more. The nic/noc (I can't remember which) now gives out blocks or ranges of addresses to providers, so bits of what used to be Class-A addresses could be handed out like such: 19.1.1/24 as a "class C" or as 19.1.1.128/28 to give a small net of 16 addresses. (Numbers are examples only). M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grumble.grondar.za for PGP key