[pptp-server] Wrong netmask

Harald Kraemer harry at planlos.org
Sun Jan 14 13:24:27 CST 2001


Hello,

> We renumbered our lan to make win9x chose 255.255.255.0 :(

In which way did you renumber your lan to make win9x using
the netmaske 255.255.255.0 ?

In which case is win9x using the 255.255.255.0 netmask?

On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Giulio Orsero wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 18:17:44 +0100 (MET), you wrote:
> 
> >When my Windows 98 client connects to my linux box, it gets the wrong
> >netmask.
> >
> >It should be: 255.255.255.0 
> >But the assigned netmask is: 255.255.0.0
> AFAIK there's no way you can force the netmask to a win9x client.
> The pppd option is for the local interface.
> I searched for this issue in the list archive when I had this problem.
> 
> We renumbered our lan to make win9x chose 255.255.255.0 :(
> 
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