Jordan Brown (Sun) writes: > OTOH, I don't immediately understand how the example can work. It says > that 128.32.*.* (except for the exclusions) gets a 24-bit netmask, but I > don't see how that can be unambiguously determined. The example *seems* > to want to explicitly specify a 28-bit netmask for several ranges and a > 24-bit netmask for the rest, but how can it distinguish between > requesting that 128.32.*.* is all 24-bit and requesting that 128.32.0.* > is all 24-bit? (For that matter, why isn't it specifying that > 128.001?????.*.* is 24-bit?)
It doesn't always work very well, which is why I generally recommend against /etc/netmasks. It may have been an ok interface 20 years ago, but with CIDR, it's mostly a defect looking for a place to happen. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ zones-discuss mailing list [email protected]
