Subject: Re: networking strangeness
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Chris Brown <chrsbrwn@mindspring.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/29/1999 20:50:19
On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 04:50:08PM -0500, Ben Zeller wrote:
> Hello,
> ...
> hostname: yak
> domainname: cc.rochester.edu
> configuring network interfaces: ae0ifconfig: yak: bad value.
> writing to routing socket: Network is unreachable
> add net default: gateway 128.151.218.250: Network is unreachable
> 
> Here's my ifconfig output:
> 
> yak% ifconfig ae0
> ae0: flags=8822(BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST) mtu 1500
>         media: manual
>         inet 0.0.0 netmask 0x0
>         
> yak% less /etc/ifconfig.ae0
> inet yak netmask 255.255.255.0

It seems like you have something configured improperly; I think your
/etc/ifconfig.ae0 is wrong. For reference, here are my values:

ifconfig ae0
ae0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
	media: manual
	inet 209.186.215.xxx netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 209.186.215.255

cat /etc/ifconfig.ae0
inet 209.186.215.xxx netmask 255.255.255.0

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