Netmask issue

[Reissom Beshir]

So does this bug exist in dhcp-4.0?

Reissom


Antonio Guerrieri wrote:

> It works!
> 
> Thanks again
> 
> Antonio
> 
> On Oct 2, 2009, at 7:24 AM, Antonio Guerrieri wrote:
> 
>>
>> On Oct 1, 2009, at 6:26 PM, Simon Hobson wrote:
>>
>>> At 17:16 +0200 1/10/09, Antonio Guerrieri wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I have a dhcp3 server running on debian lenny hosted as virtual  
>>>> machine on a xen server.
>>>>
>>>> I am testing a new wireless system and I configured the dhcp in  
>>>> this way:
>>>>
>>>> subnet 10.0.200.0 netmask 255.255.254.0 {
>>>>   range 10.0.200.10 10.0.201.254;
>>>>
>>>>   option broadcast-address 10.0.201.255;
>>>>   option routers 10.0.200.1;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Well, mac and windows clients receive all 255.255.255.0 as netmask  
>>>> and they "mysteriously" work "perfectly".
>>>>
>>>> Some linux client (slackware) refuse, correctly, such netmask.
>>>>
>>>> Sniffing packets revealed that clients receive 255.255.255.0.
>>>
>>> What happens if you specify a value for the netmask option ? Ie :
>>> option netmask 255.255.254.0
>>
>> OK, Simon,
>> the right syntax was:
>> option subnet-mask 255.255.254.0
>> In a hour I will be able to make a test.
>> Antonio
>>
>>
>>
>>>
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