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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: User PPP
Date: 27 May 1997 09:07:34 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <86d8qhzglg.fsf@bitbox.follo.net>,
Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no> writes:
> In article <5m3oci$ic4@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers) writes:
>> >
>> > I've worked with netmasks from 22 to 29 bits - 8 addresses, 64
>> > addresses, 256 addresses, 1024 addresses. They exists, and just about
>> > everything support it. A lot of things don't support non-continuous
>> > netmasks, though - FreeBSD included.
>>
>> Except for DNS reverse lookups. I did find a document on how this
>> can be achieved (some kind soul pointed me at it a while ago), but
>> AFAIK, the named that ships with FreeBSD doesn't support the syntax.
>
> I assume you misunderstood me? FreeBSD doesn't support it. AFAIR,
> the FreeBSD 'route' command don't properly support non-continuous
> netmasks - you can't remove them. Pretty bad for long-term use.
Oops. I understood you, I just didn't make it clear what I
was talking about :) I was responding to the bit about
contiguous netmasks that aren't 8, 16, 24 or 32 bits. The DNS
IN-ADDR.ARPA stuff doesn't allow any netmasks besides these.
There is a document about a backwards compatible named config
file syntax that allows any contiguous netmask. I can have
a look for the URL if anyone's interested.
> Eivind.
>
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !