Hi. On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 12:04:54PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 07:04:02AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > Ever consider you're doing it the wrong way? > > > > This will work: > > > > > > > > iface eth0 inet static > > > > address 192.168.NN.12 > > > > netmask 24 > > > > gateway 192.168.NN.1 > > > > > > in 20 years, I have never seen that syntax used. What man page do I > > > find that format in. > > > > interfaces(5), the usual place. > > I just checked that man page on wheezy, jessie and stretch, and no > examples are found using "netmask 24"
You asked for 'format', not 'example'. The 'format' is defined at netmask under INET ADDRESS FAMILY. > address 192.168.##.##/24 is supposed to be understood as netmask > 255.255.255.0, and has worked here forever. And remains in the man 5 > interfaces page. True. > And has Just Worked, until now with stretch. And it does now. > Also, I haven't ever seen an official definition of "CIDR", so its > possible I need tutoring on that. IMO any man page that uses an acronym, > needs to include its definition. RFC 4632. As official as it gets. > > > > ifdown eth0 > > > > ifup -v eth0 > > Will have to be done from its own keyboard unless a ; to separate them. Gene, if I needed a *normal* result of this sequence I'd asked for one. What I've asked was a *broken* one, which does not get a default route as a result. So, either it did not happen, or ...? Reco
