> On 11 Feb 2015, at 17:38, Warren Block <wbl...@wonkity.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, 11 Feb 2015, Matt Churchyard wrote: >> >> Just been helping someone on the forums who appears to have configured their >> network interface incorrectly. It looks like they've assigned 250.250.250.0 >> as the netmask. >> I've tried assigning this netmask on a 10.1 machine and ifconfig happily >> accepts it. > > As a tangent to that question, ifconfig(8) and the rc.conf settings do accept > CIDR notation, which is both shorter and clearer than a dotted quad IP > address and a separate netmask: > > ifconfig em0 inet 192.168.1.1/24
Yeah I've been using that format in rc.conf for years. Quicker to type and looks tidy. _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
