On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 20:52, Ray Warren wrote: > On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 07:48:02PM +0100, richard bown wrote: > > > > > AFAIK this is the reason I cant get the two machines to see each other. > > When the MDK network config wizard ,from the MDK Control Center, is run > > the subnet for eth0 (44.131.90.0) is entered correctly, BUT the netmask > > is changed to 255.255.254.0. > > It should remain as 255.255.255.0. > > > > I cant remember seeing the netmask change this way in previous versions > > of MDK, especially now /sbin/ifup now has wireless lan DCHP capability. > > Or maybe something to do with zeroconf ?? > > > You might look in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to see what > the actual settings are.If they are wrong you can try changing them > manually . > Ray Warren >
As you can see Ray this is correct .. There should be NO reason for the netmask being changed to 255.255.254.0 or 44.131.90/23 which ever way you prefer. > DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=44.131.90.129 NETMASK=44.131.90.0 NETWORK=44.131.90.0 BROADCAST=255.255.255.255 ONBOOT=yes MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes > HTH Richard > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > richard bown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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