Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 17:49:35 +0000 From: Matt Churchyard <matt.churchyard@userve.net> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Invalid subnet masks Message-ID: <CCB57DE0-24A4-4A06-ADB9-776B2000EE70@userve.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1502111033140.4693@wonkity.com> References: <7e069c1946454793b1c7e0be988877c4@SERVER.ad.usd-group.com>, <alpine.BSF.2.11.1502111033140.4693@wonkity.com>
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> On 11 Feb 2015, at 17:38, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, 11 Feb 2015, Matt Churchyard wrote: >> >> Just been helping someone on the forums who appears to have configured their network interface incorrectly. It looks like they've assigned 250.250.250.0 as the netmask. >> I've tried assigning this netmask on a 10.1 machine and ifconfig happily accepts it. > > As a tangent to that question, ifconfig(8) and the rc.conf settings do accept CIDR notation, which is both shorter and clearer than a dotted quad IP address and a separate netmask: > > ifconfig em0 inet 192.168.1.1/24 Yeah I've been using that format in rc.conf for years. Quicker to type and looks tidy.
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