Hi !

> > I have read this thing about the netmask in a lot of posts by now, and I
> > think it's time someone put this straight, so I'll try...
> 
> [...]
> 
> Whereas I'm in the boat (or raft) of people trying to figure out exactly
> what Michael means by there being problems with 10.* class A addresses and
> bootparamd.  :-/

There are no probs with a 10.x.x.x Class-A-network, but if you have a
Class-C-network with 10.x.x.x addresses, the kernel does right assumining
255.0.0.0 as netmask, ans so the broadcast never reaches the server. That's the
whole problem some people had the last days/weeks.

> I use a subnet of 10.3.250.* at home and have never had any problems with
> using bootparamd from: i386/Linux, NeXTSTEP/m68k, NetBSD/i386,
> OpenBSD/i386, or NetBSD/sparc.  Someone had sent me bug report and patch
> for bootparamd running under Alpha/Linux, but I'm still trying to figure
> out where it's buried in my e-mail.

You are running a correct Class-A-network, are you?

cu.. Michael