Netmasks and SLIP

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2 total messages Started by Gary Blumenstein Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:27

#601

Author: Gary Blumenstein
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:27

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O.K.  Assuming I'm using a subnet for my class C network, how can
I get my slipdialout connection to configure sl0 with my chosen netmask?
In my case, I'm using 0xffffffc0.

(C'mon Larry, I know you know the answer to this one! :-)
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Re: Netmasks and SLIP

#610

Author: Larry Snyder
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:56

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garyb@gcm.com (Gary Blumenstein) writes:

>O.K.  Assuming I'm using a subnet for my class C network, how can
>I get my slipdialout connection to configure sl0 with my chosen netmask?
>In my case, I'm using 0xffffffc0.

>(C'mon Larry, I know you know the answer to this one! :-)

have you looked at ifconfig?  here is what we use at boot time

/usr/sbin/ifconfig "sl0" gator use-gw3 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
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