RE: netmask question

[Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com>]

On 27-Sep-99 Pollywog wrote:
> If this is the wrong place to ask this question, just let me know.
> 
> I installed a script that configures ipchains for me, and it gives me
> some
> error messages about an incorrect netmask, but the author of the script
> told me the error messages are in error because his script "groks" the
> netmask from 'ifconfig'.
> 
> I did 'ifconfig' and I get something interesting for ppp0.
> Why does ppp0 not have the netmask 255.255.255.0 just as my network card
> has?

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Someone just explained to me that the netmask with all bits set to 1 is
used because the interface ppp0 is using P-t-P.  That explains it.

--
Andrew