Re: supernetting question

[Miguel Diaz]

Yes, please open a PMR...something is broken.

Regards,
Miguel Diaz
z/VM TCP/IP Development

VM/ESA and z/VM Discussions <VMESA-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> wrote on 01/13/2006 05:12:57 PM:

> I've installed z/VM 5.2 and I have this in my GATEWAY statement, and it
> works fine:
>
>   192.168.2.0/24                192.168.50.1    ETH1             8192
>   192.168.3.0/24                192.168.50.1    ETH1             8192
>
> This format also works fine:
>
>   192.168.2.0   255.255.255.0   192.168.50.1    ETH1             8192
>   192.168.3.0   255.255.255.0   192.168.50.1    ETH1             8192
>
>
> As an excercise, I thought I could supernet these 2 into 1 like this:
>
>   192.168.2.0   255.255.254.0   192.168.50.1    ETH1             8192
>
> but when I do I get the following error message:
>
>   DTCPAR123I Line 75: Unknown link name in GATEWAY cmd
>
> The message manual says "The message is self-explanatory" and that I
> should "correct the problem" and "assist the operator".  :-)
>
> The link name is "ETH1" in all cases, and "ETH1" is used on other route
> statements prior to this one.
>
> I looked for, but didn't find, any TCPIP parameters that might need to be
> turned on related to CIDR.
>
> What am I overlooking?
>
> Brian Nielsen