Re: Request for assistance: netbase manpages

[David Coe <david.coe@someotherplace.org>]

No, /etc/networks just associates a name with a network (base) address,
so what you did is the right thing -- there's no reason to specify
a netmask there.  

You just have to specify netmasks in the ifconfig and route commands 
(maybe other places too?), which are (in debian) in the 
/etc/init.d/network script.  

Apologies if I misunderstood your comment/question...

Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> 
> Unfortunately I can't figure /etc/networks out. I can't work out how
> to specify the netmask (is it possible?). I have two networks,
> 203.14.18.0/25 and 203.14.18.128/25; the .0 network name works fine
> of course, but the .128 one does not.
> 
> localnet        203.63.216.16
> hamishnet       203.14.18.0
> peternet        203.14.18.128
> 
> Hamish