Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
#1861 closed bug (fixed)
Network card incorrectly configured
| Reported by: | jackburton | Owned by: | axeld |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | R1 |
| Component: | Network & Internet/Stack | Version: | R1/pre-alpha1 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | andreasf | |
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Platform: | All |
Description
No matter if I test on vmware with the ipro1000 NIC, or on my laptop with the sis900 NIC (see also #1744), I can't configure the network card correctly (anymore, in case of vmware). And no matter if I use ifconfig or the network preflet.
I'm trying to configure the NIC like this: IP: 192.168.22.39 Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.22.9
After the configuration, ifconfig shows: inet addr: 192.168.22.39, Bcast: 192.168.0.255, Mask: 255.255.255.0
but Bcast should be 192.168.22.255.
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 16 years ago
| Cc: | added |
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comment:2 by , 16 years ago
You currently have to configure the broadcast manually, ie. like:
$ ifconfig /dev/net/sis900/0 broadcast 192.168.22.255
But I guess this can be considered a bug, anyway ;-)
comment:3 by , 16 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Fixed in hrev24170. Before, only the net_server and ifconfig updated the broadcast, but only when there was no broadcast address set yet.
The downside to this approach is that you now lose the broadcast/netmask setting every time you change your IP address or netmask. But that should be okay, since you usually set them all at once, anyway.
I've noticed this, too.
As a workaround, just restart and it will pick up the new broadcast address.