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Date:      Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:39:36 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 14.1-R rc.conf/ifconfig netmask issue was really hard to figure out
Message-ID:  <202406121039.45CAdal6010274@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: <413984193.6719.1718185609109@localhost>
References:  <202406120747.45C7lRGZ009491@critter.freebsd.dk> <413984193.6719.1718185609109@localhost>

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Ronald Klop writes:

> What do you thing about defaulting to /32 on a missing netmask?
> An interface with 1 IP address without any information about the network=
. All traffic can go to the gateway.

I dont think that will work ?

The gateway will not be inside any of the attached networks, so you have n=
o route to it ?

Poul-Henning

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