Hi James, Thanks for the confirmation, I think this is a valid RFE to at least add examples with CIDR notation to the System Administration: IP Services manual. At most, we could replace all of the addresses with CIDR notation, add details about CIDR and its benefits, and add examples of the entries in /etc/hostname and /etc/hostname6. I will get a bug filed on this, please provide me additional details if you have them, and I'll add you all to the interest list.
Regards, Michelle > >Michelle Olson writes: >> No, the examples don't use IPv4 addresses with CIDR notation. > >They should, though. > >> Very few >> of the IPv4 address examples use CIDR prefixes. I >> should think that you could use CIDR prefixes in the >> /etc/hostname.interface file, but I am not sure. > >Yes, you can. As noted before in this thread, the contents of that >file consists of just ifconfig(1M) command line options, and that man >page correctly documents what's possible: > > /sbin/ifconfig interface [address_family] [ address > [/prefix_length] [dest_address]] [ addif address >[...] > For both inet and inet6, the same information conveyed > by mask can be specified as a prefix_length attached to > the address parameter. >[...] > prefix_length > > For the IPv4 and IPv6 families (inet and inet6), the > prefix_length is a number between 0 and the number of > bits in the address. For inet, the number of bits in the > address is 32; for inet6, the number of bits in the > address is 128. The prefix_length denotes the number of > leading set bits in the netmask. >[...] > example% ifconfig eri0 addif 192.168.200.1/24 up > >-- >James Carlson, KISS Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 >MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
