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To: Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws>
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Subject: Re: 14.1-R rc.conf/ifconfig netmask issue was really hard to figure out
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Ronald Klop writes:

> What do you thing about defaulting to /32 on a missing netmask?
> An interface with 1 IP address without any information about the network=
. All traffic can go to the gateway.

I dont think that will work ?

The gateway will not be inside any of the attached networks, so you have n=
o route to it ?

Poul-Henning

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