Subject: Re: Networking... & netmasks
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@puma.macbsd.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/25/1997 15:29:46
> > I config'ed ae0, and *bam*, it locked up when I tried to ping another host.
> > IP: 10.1.1.5, netmask: 255.0.0.0, broadcast: 10.1.1.255.
> 
> Umm...  I've never used addresses in that range, but it looks to me like
> the broadcast and netmask parameters don't match.  I'd expect
> 
> 	IP: 10.1.1.5, netmask: 255.0.0.0, broadcast: 10.255.255.255
> 
> for a class A network or
> 
> 	IP: 10.1.1.5, netmask: 255.255.255.0, broadcast: 10.1.1.255
> 
> for a network with the broadcast address you specified.  If I understand
> the syntax right (probably not ;-), those two networks would be described
> as 10/8 or 10.1.1/24, respectively.

Allen,

You're right. The broadcast & netbsdks don't agree. And you got the
classless stuff correct too, AFAIK.

Take care,

Bill