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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!karl From: karl@NeoSoft.com (Karl Lehenbauer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Possible bug in ifconfig's /etc/networks lookup Message-ID: <1992Aug09.025301.13940@NeoSoft.com> Date: 9 Aug 92 02:53:01 GMT Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900 Lines: 14 NeoSoft SledgeHammer in baseline configuration (Opti 486/50, 16 MB RAM, 1.2 GB SCSI)... It appears that ifconfig does not lookup a symbolic netmask name. Specifically, if we use one of the ifconfig lines in /etc/netstart, which use symbolic names for netmasks, and it's supposed to get them from /etc/networks, we can't get out to our network, but explicitly specifying 255.255.255.0... it works. We haven't researched it any further. -- -- Email info@NeoSoft.com for info on getting interactive Internet access. "What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolph Hitler (1889-1945)