Bug 50886

Summary:	netmask should default to /24 regardless of IP class
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Matthew Miller <mattdm>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.3	CC:	jturner, menthos
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Description Matthew Miller 2001-08-04 14:31:09 UTC

Anaconda assumes that if a given static IP address is in the old Class A or
Class B range that the netmask should be 255.0.0.0 or 255.255.0.0
(respectively). In this day and age, I think this is incorrect. The vast
majority of users with addresses in these blocks don't have a Class B at
all, but rather a Class C-sized chunk. And I'm almost certain no one has a
flat Class A network anymore. So, no matter what the IP address is, the
netmask field should be filled out with 255.255.255.0 by default.


Bonus -- making this change involves removing code from anaconda, not
adding anything. :)

Comment 1 Brent Fox 2001-08-06 16:30:05 UTC

Deferring to next release.  We're considering critical fixes at this point.

Comment 2 Jeremy Katz 2002-03-05 23:32:54 UTC

Fixed in CVS

Comment 3 Jay Turner 2002-04-03 16:21:54 UTC

OK, maybe I'm just stupid, but I'm not seeing this change in the latest beta
trees.  If I enter "172.16.56.90" for the static IP, the netmask is defaulting
to 255.255.0.0 . . . doesn't seem right in light of this bug report.

Comment 4 Jeremy Katz 2002-04-03 17:10:15 UTC

Jay -- I'm seeing it work as planned with the trees I'm running off of...  I
enter 172.16.5.9 (or some other bogus IP... I never remember which one my test
box gets :) and it defaults the netmask to 255.255.255.0 both in gui and tui. 
Where are you seeing it not work?

Comment 5 Jay Turner 2002-04-03 17:40:05 UTC

Not seeing it work with the Skipjack-0403.0 tree.

Comment 6 Jeremy Katz 2002-04-03 21:58:59 UTC

Now that Jay has thoroughly beat me upside the head.  Fixed the loader too :)

Comment 7 Jay Turner 2002-04-04 20:46:40 UTC

Loader confirmed fixed in the 4/4/2002 katzj tree.