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Bug#701139: netcfg: IPv6 netmask is bogus when IP address entered in CIDR format



On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 02:12:41AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> While trying manual IPv6 configuration, I got a bogus IPv6 netmask:
> 
> - boot in expert mode, answer questions by default until:
> - request not to do any autoconf, but enter network configuration
>   manually
> - enter fc00::1/64 as manual IP address
> - enter fc00::2 as gateway
> - enter fc00::3 as DNS
> 
> The network configuration summary then shows netmask as being
> 255.255.255.255, i.e. an IPv4 netmask.  It thus seems the IPv4
> code still gets triggered, rather than producing the IPv6
> ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:: netmask.

This is probably a cosmetic issue in expert mode only.

Kind regards
Philipp Kern

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