Arno Griffioen wrote:
> 
> I don't know if this is a generic problem with 1.3_ALPHA, or olny
> a VAX problem..
> 
> I can't set the interface netmask to the orrect value for my local
> net here.
> 
> I have a 16-host network with netmask 255.255.255.240 here, but
> ifconfig qe0 always shows 0xffffff00 as the netmask.
> Setting it manually using ifconfig doesn't change it :-(

I have a /24, split into four /26's, I use:

ifconfig le0 inet 206.136.25.140 netmask 255.255.255.192 broadcast
206.136.25.191

Works perfectly for me... the broadcast address doesn't seem to be
automagical like it is in FreeBSD, etc.

JS