SUMMARY: ifconfig on Solaris 8

[UnixAdmin]

Hi Managers,

I received quite a few answers/suggestions regarding
my issue with ifconfig.  I would like to thanks all
who responded and a special thanks goes to Fabrice
Guerini, who suggested changing my entry in
/etc/netmasks from 10.192.2.0 to 10.192.0.0.  I did
this and the correct broadcast address displays after
a reboot.  The other answers/suggestions worked but,
none held after the reboot which I contribute to the
entry in the netmasks.  What's strange is that the
entry for my primary network isn't xxxx.xxxx.0.0 but
xxxx.xxxx.xxx.0 and the broadcast is still correct
with a netmask of 255.255.248.0.  

Below are the responses I received as well as my
original message.

Thanks again to all who responded.

-Joe


Rick Place:
Try adding the broadcast definition to your ifconfig
command, i.e.

# ifconfig hme0:1 plumb 10.192.2.70 netmask
255.255.248.0 broadcast + 
up

The "+" tells it to use the default broadcast address
based on your netmask.


Larry Snyder:
Try:
# ifconfig hme0:1 10.192.2.70 netmask 255.255.248.0
broadcast + up


Steve Mickeler:
The answer is "man ifconfig"


ifconfig hme0:1 plumb
ifconfig hme0:1 10.192.2.70 netmask + broadcast + up