Re: 14.1-R rc.conf/ifconfig netmask issue was really hard to figure out

Reply: Mathieu Arnold : "Re: 14.1-R rc.conf/ifconfig netmask issue was really hard to figure out"
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From: Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd-rwg_at_gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:42:09 UTC

> "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
> 
> > Defaulting to a /8 netmask for 192.168.x.y does not make *any* sense ever.
> 
> Well, not in the last 30 years or so, anyway.

No, never ever did /8 make since on 192.*.*.*, that has always been
class C address space.

-- 
Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes@freebsd.org