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Newsgroups: linux.dev.kernel Path: news.ka.inka.de!not-for-mail From: olaf@inka.de (Olaf Titz) Subject: Re: Pre-release 2.0.5 breaks network config scripts Message-ID: <dryvlt.bsh@inka.de> Date: 25 May 1996 17:13:05 +0200 References: <m0uLsAe-00024iC@ss.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: tapac.inka.de Lines: 17 Organization: INKA e.V., Karlsruhe
Drew Sullivan <drew@eros.ss.org> wrote: > The route command know the default netmask, all I want it to do is 'and' > it with the ip address. This used to work, and it breaks lots of > working configs. This is going to cause untold pain.
(I haven't checked the new code, but anyway...) as I see it, there is no such thing as a default netmask any more. Technically, the definition of Class A,B,C networks has been invalidated/superceded by CIDR for global routing, so perhaps it is a good idea to stop using it locally either.
olaf -- ___ Olaf.Titz@inka.de or @{stud,informatik}.uni-karlsruhe.de ____ __ o <URL:http://www.inka.de/~bigred/> <IRC:praetorius> __/<_ >> Just as long as the wheels keep on turning round _)>(_)______________ I will live for the groove 'til the sun goes down << ____
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