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?
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:209.209.28.252 P-t-P:209.209.28.245
Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:21 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1
TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:97:3A:DD:BF
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:490 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:954 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:23 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:15 Base address:0xef00
thanks
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Andrew
