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Re: strange network-configuration on installation from cd-squeeze-test-amd64-i386-netinst



Hi Andi!

Didn't see any hint on this 'til now. Shouldn't tjener get netmask
255.0.0.0 too?

ReadU
Frank

Am 27.04.2011 12:29, schrieb Andreas B. Mundt:
> Hi Frank,
> 
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:33:52PM +0200, Frank Weißer wrote:
>> I just tried to install a pure tjener from >
>> ftp://ftp.skolelinux.org/cd-squeeze-test-amd64-i386-netinst/debian-edu-amd64-i386-NETINST-1.iso
>>
>> date 17.04.2011 and get 10.0.2.2/255.255.254.0 as its network configuration.
>>
>> Having dhcp-clients connected to eth0 i get leases 10.0.2.xxx, but with
>> Bcast:10.255.255.255  Maske:255.0.0.0
>>
> 
> Unfortunately, the network definition in GOsa allows only the classical
> A-, B- and C-networks but not the 255.255.254.0 network mask which was
> used before.  (No idea why 255.255.254.0 was chosen in the beginning).
> 
> So we can either choose 255.255.0.0 or 255.0.0.0 network masks for
> our setup now.  To keep the range of available network addresses as
> flexible as possible, I decided to use a Class-A network mask.  The
> configuration of the tjener interface wasn't modified to reflect that,
> as things are not yet settled.  
> 
> Perhaps someone with deeper insights in the reasons why the network
> was set up the way it is can comment on the issue and help how to
> proceed with classical network masks best.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
>      Andi
> 
> 
>   


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