Re: ifconfig network resolution
On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 3:52 PM, Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote:
> Le 10/06/2017 à 03:57, Joel Rees a écrit :
>>
>> Experimenting from the command line, I find myself puzzled about the
>> arguments for ifconfig.
>>
>> Reading the manual, it would appear that the arguments for ifconfig
>> should be something like this:
>>
>> ifconfig eth0 netmask 255.255.255.224 netmask 255.255.255.224
>> broadcast 10.19.23.223 10.19.23.94
>>
>> But the command returns with
>>
>> SIOCSIFNETMASK: Can't allocate this address.
>> SIOCSIFBRDADDR: Can't allocate this address.
>
>
> You set the mask twice.
Actually, I did not set the the mask twice, I just typed it it twice. ;/
I hand-typed it from memory, as I noted in my followup.
But I did check, and I get the same kinds of results when I without
typing extra parameters.
> The address must be set before the mask and broadcast address.
Now there's another puzzle, because the man page indicates that the
address should come after the options.
I had been used to typing it before the options, and was getting the
same kind of results with the address before the parameters, I think.
--
Joel Rees
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