[OpenIndiana-discuss] Static IP configuration problem

[Ray Arachelian]

On 10/12/2011 03:23 PM, Lucas Van Tol wrote:
> I think /etc/netmasks is where you would store the netmask?
>
> echo $NETWORK   $NETMASK >> /etc/netmasks
>
It is and I was just about to reply to point out that if you forget
this, you can get in trouble since it may pick /8 for a 10.x.x.x
address, or /16 for a 172.15.x.x for example when you might not want it
to. :) netmask should be in the form of 255.255.255.0 for class C.