On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 04:13:52PM -0400, ji@research.att.com wrote:

> # ifconfig hme0 128.59.1.1 up
> 
> gives:
> 
> # ifconfig hme0
> hme0: flags=8a63<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,ALLMULTI,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         address: 08:00:20:c1:e8:ea
>         media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX)
>         status: active
>         inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 0.0.0.0
> 
> it correctly interprets the address and sets the netmask accordingly, but
> it does not set either the address or the broadcast address.  If I use 
> 1.2.3.4 as an address, it correctly sets the netmask again to 0xff000000.
> 
> Something *must* be working right, because when I ifconfig, I do see
> the ARP packet that's sent out with the correct address.

This is a known problem. `ifconfig' does actually set the IP address,
and the interface should work correctly.

g.