On Tue, Jun 09, 1998 at 08:30:36PM +0200, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >bash-2.00# ifconfig eth0 203.14.18.1 netmask 255.255.255.128 broadcast > >203.14.18.127 > >SIOCSIFNETMASK: Invalid argument > > > >It doesn't work on 2.0.32 either, I just discovered. > > Works for me: > > # ifconfig eth0 203.14.18.1 netmask 255.255.255.128 broadcast 203.14.18.127
> ii netbase 3.01-1 Basic TCP/IP networking binaries I have netbase 2.16-1 (it's a bo box). However it appears to be a kernel error message. Very strange. I will try to get a newer ifconfig and see if that works. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]