is there a burt on ifconfig for fedora11?

[Sharpe, Sam J]

2009/7/26 Sarkar, Kaushik <Kaushik.Sarkar at netapp.com>:
> Don’t know from where ifconfig getting netmask as 255.255.0.0 when I set it
> for 255.255.255.0
>

I do...

> root at kaushik_Fedora11 /> cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
<snip>
>
> NETMASK=255.225.255.0

Read that very very carefully... ;o)

I think because 255.225.255.0 is not a valid netmask, it's defaulting
to 255.255.0.0

(aren't a second pair of eyes wonderful!)


-- 
Sam