The format of ifconfig.* is slightly different to that of
	hostname.*. You need to specify the line exactlyas you would
	type to ifconfig, probably including the 'netmask' word.


		David/abs

  -- "Its hard to say it... I hate to say it... but its probably me..." --

On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, Gregory McGarry wrote:

> Jeff Senn wrote:
> 
> > 4- I can't seem to sup from sup.netbsd.org:
> 
> I turned a machine back on after a week and it no longer
> supped correctly.  I finally tracked it down to an incorrect
> netmask (255.255.0.0).  I wasn't explicitly specifying one.
> Maybe something changed in the sources? 
> 
> Now my /etc/ifconfig.le0 looks like:
> 
>   foo.bar.edu.au up netmask 255.255.255.0
> 
> Kernel netmask defaults have been a particular problem for me.
> I still don't know why the kernel defaults to 255.255.0.0 during
> netboot.
> 
> Regards,
> Greg
>