On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 01:53:54PM +0300, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: > On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Doug Barton wrote: > > DB> > Modified files: > DB> > en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install chapter.sgml > DB> > Log: > DB> > A class C network for 192.168.0.0/24 includes the address > DB> > range 192.168.0.0-192.168.0.255, not 192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255 > DB> > > DB> > Submitted by: Tom Van Looy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > DB> > > DB> > Revision Changes Path > DB> > 1.338 +1 -1 > doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml > DB> > > DB> > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml.diff?&r1=1.337&r2=1.338&f=h > DB> > > DB> > DB> In an ideal world, all references to Class [ABC] networks would > DB> disappear from our docs, and be replaced by their CIDR equivalents. > > There are suprisingly small number of such places. What do you think about > the > patch attached?
> --- books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml 4 Dec 2006 14:43:50 -0000
> 1.338
> +++ books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml 5 Dec 2006 10:53:35 -0000
> @@ -2356,7 +2356,7 @@
>
> <listitem>
> <para>The address block being used for this local area
> - network is a Class C block
> + network is a (historical) Class C block
> (<hostid role="ipaddr">192.168.0.0</hostid> -
> <hostid role="ipaddr">192.168.0.255</hostid>).
> The default netmask is for a Class C network
Any reason we can't get rid of the mention of "class C" in both cases
there? Something like:
The address block being used for this local area network is
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.255 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0.
Ceri
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That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all.
-- Moliere
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