Re: howto disable auto route setup?

Neil Conway (nconway.list@ukaea.org.uk)
Tue, 2 Feb 1999 13:53:28 +0000

Mike Jagdis wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Sam Mortimer wrote:
>
> > >Because the ifconfig says that the interface exists on that network
> > >with that address
> >
> > ..and subnet mask!
>
> Huh? Don't get excited - network is defined by address and mask :-).

Vaguely on this topic, I've been wondering if it's legal/advisable/safe
to have a netmask like 255.255.254.0 ?

Anyone? The HOWTO is rather ambiguous about it. I think it's legal,
but am not entirely sure. This also seems to imply a broadcast addr. of
something like 194.111.1.255 for a network address of 194.111.0.0,
presumably that's OK too?

cheers
Neil

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