Re: SLIP slidin' away...

[cherborth@semprini.waterloo-rdp.on.ca (Chris Herborth)]

In <3ero2b$d8r@nasim.nasim.cube.net>, Frank Bartels writes:
>roemer@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de wrote:
>
>> > >4) Line speed, start/stop bits is setup correcly I assume.
>> > 
>> > Yup, no problems there.
>
>Are you really sure? My SLIP-Users often do the following mistake: They
>dial into my system using kermit or something else with 19200 and then
>switch to 38400 an wonder why no packets get transfered.

Both ends are 19200 (though the modems are talking 14.4k).

>> > >6) Is the slip interface up, ie shows 'ifconfig sl0' something like:
>> > >	% ifconfig sl0
>> > >	sl0:	flags=0x??<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUINNING>
>> > >		link-level-flags=0x??
>> > >		addr 100.0.0.1 dstaddr 100.1.0.1 netmask 100.255.255.255
>> > >		metric 0 mtu ???
>> > >		out-packets  0 out-errors 0 collsions 0
>> > >		in-packets   0 in-errors  0
>> > >	%
>> > 
>> > Yup.  I wonder if my netmask is set wrong, though.
>
>> The netmask is set to the default class A,B or C netmask of your IP address,
>> that should be correct in most cases, ie needs no hand fixing...
>
>Huh? The default netmask for a class A address is 255.0.0.0 and not
>100.255.255.255. This is the broadcast address, which is useless(?)
>for Point-to-Point connections.

What do I need to put in diphosts (and maybe slattach) for 255.0.0.0?

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