Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 18:52:57 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 950726-SNAP lp0/nfs install bug ? Message-ID: <199508121652.SAA17901@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199508121416.QAA29321@grumble.grondar.za> from "Mark Murray" at Aug 12, 95 04:16:49 pm
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As Mark Murray wrote: > > > Jordan, when i think more about it, don't _calculate_ a default mask. > > Traditional class A and B networks are always subnetted. So perhaps > > 0xffffff00 would be the most practical default value. > > I would tend to agree that this is a _much_ better solution, but I would > document that the user should also find out what his netmask is when he > gets an IP address and use _that_ if supplied. Agreed. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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