port-vax: Re: Incorrect netmask on 1.3

Subject: Re: Incorrect netmask on 1.3_ALPHA
To: Arno Griffioen <arno@usn.nl>
From: Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/11/1998 23:41:04

> 
> 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 :-(
> 
# ifconfig qe0
qe0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 130.240.16.38 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 130.240.16.255
# ifconfig qe0 inet 130.240.16.38 netmask 0xfffffff0
# ifconfig qe0
qe0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 130.240.16.38 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 130.240.16.47
# uname -r
1.3_ALPHA
# 

`Works for me'.

-- Ragge