Date: Sat, 03 May 1997 00:12:02 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Leland Heaton <lheaton@cts.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tutorial Question (packet routing) Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970503001202.0093ae60@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970502205629.006952a8@king.cts.com>
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> >Now here is my two problems. First off, is it safe to assume that in the >first ifconfig_ed0, the 255.255.255.0 is a default value since nothing has >been mentioned about it? I would say no... I would say explicitly state the netmask.... (192.168.1.1 is the sample IP address. Second, >It would make sense to me that the lines: > ><> ifconfig_ed0="inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0" ><> & ><> ifconfig_ed0="inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00" > >should be EXACTLY the same?? Since the are in the same section. Can >someone tell me which line is the correct line and netmask for my machine? Different way of expressing the same thing... ---Mike ********************************************************************** Mike Tancsa (mike@sentex.net) * To do is to be -- Nietzsche Sentex Communications Corp, * To be is to do -- Sartre Cambridge, Ontario * Do be do be do -- Sinatra (http://www.sentex.net/~mdtancsa) *
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