On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, Brian C. Grayson wrote:

:   1.  Is there anyone in their right mind on a class A or B that
:       _really_ wants broadcasts to go to _all_ machines, i.e., that
:       doesn't subnet internally?  If not, maybe the default
:       should be 0xffffff00, to avoid boneheads like me.  :)

Actually, you should set a netmask all the time these days - there's _lots_
of CIDR (classless) networks out there now.  The TCP/IP implementation is
expected to use classful netmasks as default, so it used 255.255.0.0 for
128.x.x.x.

:       Or maybe a note should pop up for class A and B saying
:       `most class A and B folks subnet internally, so the proper
:       netmask is 0xffffff00.  Do you want to use a netmask of
:       0xffffff00, or 0xff..0000?'

Actually, I lean more towards requiring the user to enter the right netmask,
and not have a default in sysinst at all.  As above, 0xffffff00 isn't even
right many places these days.

:   2.  In sysinst's net.c, it appears that the netmask for class C
:       nets (192.* -- 223.*) is still set to 0xffff0000 --
:       shouldn't that be 0xffffff00?

The default should be 0xffffff00.  If it's 0xffff0000, it's wrong in the
source.

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