Re: 2.0.34

[julien ORTEGA <julien@cur-archamps.fr>]

Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> 
> I just upgraded a Debian 1.3 (bo) machine to 2.0.34, and when I do
> 
> ifconfig eth0 203.14.18.1 netmask 203.14.18.128 broadcast 203.14.18.127
> 
> (in /etc/init.d/network), I get
> 
> SIOCSIFNETMASK: Invalid argument
> 
> then ifconfig reports the mask is set to 255.255.255.0, which is wrong.
> So I get wrong routes etc.
> 
> What is the fix -- is a new ifconfig required, or something else?
> 
> I can get it to accept
> 255.255.255.255
> 255.255.255.254
> 255.255.255.252
> 255.255.255.248
> 255.255.255.240
> 255.255.255.224
> 255.255.255.192
> 
> but not .128. It works on 2.0.32 and 2.0.32 though.
> 
> Hamish
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netmask 203.14.18.128 ???????????????

are you sure. ?

255.255.255.128 should be better 



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