Re: Setting netmask

John G. Thompson (jgt10@livingston.com)
Fri, 27 Sep 1996 21:12:16 -0700 (PDT)

On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, Brian Elfert wrote:

> I'm trying to set the netmask on ether0 on a PM2E-30.
>
> Every time I type 'set ether0 netmask 255.255.255.252', the box locks up
> and needs to be powercycled. After the power cycle, it still has the
> original netmask.

What do you mean locks up? Where you trying to set it via a telnet session?

Try setting the ether0 netmask from a terminal attached to one of the serial
ports. This could be directly connected or via a dialup modem.

Ah, why are you trying to set the netmask to the very tight .252??

JGT

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