Re: Dumb question for 07/13/97 (fwd)

Larry Vaden (vaden@texoma.net)
Sun, 13 Jul 1997 19:40:35 -0500

At 04:55 PM 7/13/97 -0700, MegaZone wrote:
>Once upon a time Larry Vaden shaped the electrons to say...
>>If a PM2e30 is upgraded to ComOs 3.5, rebooted, ifconfig'd with a /27
>>netmask, save all, reboot, which is true (given that:
>>
>>1. the portmaster operates correctly using the /27 netmask on ether0
>>2. the portmaster operates using the /24 netmask displayed by ifconfig
>
>#2.
>
>ifconfig is NOT a way to change settings permanently. You *must* use the
>'set ether0 netmask x.x.x.x' convention. ifconfig will change it for that
>session, but it will revert to the saved configuration after a reboot.
>ifconfig changes it only on the active interface, not in FLASH - and a save
>will not save it.
>
>Also, we strongly discourage the use of the netmask table with 3.5 and up.

Please utter your recommendations for operating on, e.g., a /27, including
for the ether0 interface as well as the assigned ip pool `[8-))

Thanx.