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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!news3.noc.netcom.net!zdc!zippo!usenet From: kish@sri.lanka.net (kish) Subject: netmask on route command X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.1 Sender: usenet@news.zippo.com Nntp-Posting-Host: 202.51.128.31 Organization: Lanka Internet Services Message-ID: <DJ2p5A.9wx@news.zippo.com> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 17:41:34 GMT Lines: 19 hi, from reading the man page oh the route command for bsdi 1.1 it seems as if tho u can specify a netmask for a particular route , i.e. as follows: route add 202.51.132.16 202.51.132.12 -netmask 255.255.255.240 I have used this facility to implement ip subnetting for dial up subnets, i.e. subnet the class C address 202.51.132.0 into several subnets.. and it seems to work fine. However when i try to view the netmask using the route get command the netmask for route is shown as fffff0ff instead of fffffff0 . can anyone explain why this happens?? thanx, ---kish