From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 12 08:07:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA01590 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 08:07:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw-fr1.etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA01584 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 08:07:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from ntws (ntws.etinc.com [204.141.95.142]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA09550; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 11:09:30 -0500 Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 11:09:30 -0500 Message-Id: <199611121609.LAA09550@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: davidn@sdev.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent) From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: Setting PPP netmask! HOW! Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >dennis writes: >> >I'm using PPP under 2.1.5 to connect to my ISP. I have my own >> >C-Class but currently it is trashed as PPP under freebsd seems >> >to not give you the option to set the netmask!! I have looked >> >through the manuals with no help. I have made many guess attempts >> >in the config files to see if it had any effect NADA! >> >> Thats because FreeBSD is smart enough to know how to route to >> a host address, unlike many of the more popular routers on the >> market. I believe that the netmask is meaningless on a PTP interface, >> so even if you get it to display the way you want you won't have >> achieved much of anything. > >Hmm. > >davidn@unique[~]$ ifconfig ppp0 >ppp0: flags=8051 mtu 1500 > inet 203.17.53.17 --> 203.17.53.1 netmask 0xfffffff0 > >Now *that* netmask certainly means something. If it wasn't for that, >I wouldn't be able to effectively run a subnet of a class C network >over a ppp link. Study up on host routing and call me in the morning! > >And, yes, the netmask is real. It'd have to be for the sake of the >subnet, which is being correctly routed at both ends of the >connection. wrong. > >I believe you are mistaken on both counts. wrong again. I find it truly amazing that so many people that spend so much time doing stuff have no idea how it works! I guess the hackers should be very happy that they've made the process so transparent that you (apparently) don't have to know how it works to make it work. Good job guys. I'm tired of getting flamed when I'm right...this is almost as bad as the bsd/os list! Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX