SUMMARY: Wrong netmask entry on interface

Hi all,

Thanks to the following people for their input:
Bradley Alan
Anthony Talltree
Marco Supino

But I have tested the 'hard code' method and it seems to work just
fine, my only concern is that the '+' sign indicates to the O/S that
it should retrieve the netmask from /etc/netmasks (netmask database)
but it still does not work
My /etc/hostname.hme1 file looks like this now:

hostname-hme1 group netgroup broadcast + netmask 255.255.255.128
-failover deprecated standby up

If anybody has an explanation to why the netmask is not being
retrieved from /etc/netmasks please let me know.

Regards

Adrian Phipps



-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Phipps (AC)
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 8:14 AM
To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org
Subject: Wrong netmask entry on interface


Hi all,

I have a strange situation on some of my SUN machines, my network
interfaces are not accepting the netmask entry in /etc/netmasks. The
IP addresses of the interfaces are Class C and their netmasks is
supposed to be 255.255.255.128 but when the machine is rebooted the
interface comes up with 255.255.255.0.

My /etc/hostname.hme1 file looks like this:
hostname-hme1 group netgroup broadcast + netmask + -failover
deprecated standby up

My /etc/netmasks file looks like this:
196.*.*.0    255.255.255.128

Could I just substitute the + sign after netmask with 255.255.255.128
to 'hard code' it? I am considering creating a script to set these
netmasks.

Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

Adrian Phipps
90 Durban Road
IT Building
Bellville
Work 021-949 4642
Cell 082 787 7321
Fax 021-945 4740

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