Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:04:34 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> To: Matt Churchyard <matt.churchyard@userve.net> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Invalid subnet masks Message-ID: <20150212000434.GA15127@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <CCB57DE0-24A4-4A06-ADB9-776B2000EE70@userve.net> References: <7e069c1946454793b1c7e0be988877c4@SERVER.ad.usd-group.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1502111033140.4693@wonkity.com> <CCB57DE0-24A4-4A06-ADB9-776B2000EE70@userve.net>
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On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 05:49:35PM +0000 I heard the voice of Matt Churchyard, and lo! it spake thus: > > On 11 Feb 2015, at 17:38, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > > 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. Ditto. Though in the grand tradition of being given the inch and lusting after the mile, it makes me grumpy seeing the dotted-quad netmask in 'ifconfig' output, making me have to work to see if the match and back-convert to add things. 8-} -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream.
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