On the distinguished day of Jan 17, Tomasz Barczyński wrote:

> Hi,
> I am new with NetBSD. I am trying to build internet router for my home
> network. I have got network parameters from my ISP:
>
> IP address:    a.b.c.102
> netmask:        255.255.255.224
> gateway:        a.b.c.86
> primary DNS:    a.b.c.6
>
> Gatway and DNS are out of local network, so it do not work. But these
> parameters work with Windows very well! Why?
>
> Can I do anything to get these work with NetBSD?

Sounds like neither your ISP nor Windows understand netmasks very well..

You can probably just cheat and use a netmask of 255.255.255.192; that will
put your gateway and your IP in the same subnet.  Having a reachable
gateway should solve your DNS problem.

-bp
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