Re: Question: Gateway address == 0

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl')
Mon, 10 Apr 2000 15:10:10 -0400

Tuomas Heino <iheino@cc.hut.fi> said:
> On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Horst von Brand wrote:
> > OK. Then Linux needs fixing: The message which started this thread (sorry,
> > I haven't got it handy) claimed that one could configure a interface with
> > host 0. I just did so (linux-2.2.15pre17 on i686):
> ...
> > Wouldn't know where to start to fix it, sorry. ifconfig clearly can't be
> > blamed, the kernel must forbid illegal configurations.

> Sure go ahead and break things like bootp/dhcp - we really want to have
> those hd-less thingies to have a more complex bootup sequence ;)

host = net = 0 means "No address known" (or similar) for TCP/IP. No change
there. You did never assign (ifconfig(8)) the interface this address, did you.

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