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OK Maiko, QSL<BR>
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On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 10:15 -0500, Maiko Langelaar (ve4klm) wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, K8RRA (Skip) wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ifconfig tun0 netmask 0xff000000</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Generates correct behaviour</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ifconfig tun0 netmask 255.0.0.0</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Is wrong in the sense that it is not documented that way, also I</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">took a look at the code. The passed address argument is directly</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">handed to the htol (hex to long) conversion function. So definitely</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">one is not supposed to use the decimal number convention when passing</FONT>
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I will document per:<BR>
"decimal format per 255.255... is not supported for this command, hex format 0xf... MUST be used."<BR>
When (if) you change it I'll add to the effect:<BR>
"prior to version 2.0X" where you choose X.<BR>
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I'll watch the change notes...
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