Bug 1463388 - Subnet Network prefix field description "Suffix or prefix length for this subnet, e.g. 32" is confusing
Summary: Subnet Network prefix field description "Suffix or prefix length for this sub...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Satellite
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Networking
Version: 6.3.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
low
Target Milestone: 6.4.0
Assignee: Lukas Zapletal
QA Contact: Perry Gagne
URL: http://projects.theforeman.org/issues...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-06-20 18:13 UTC by Perry Gagne
Modified: 2019-11-05 23:05 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: foreman-1.16.0
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Last Closed: 2018-10-16 19:01:29 UTC
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2017-06-20 18:13 UTC, Perry Gagne
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Foreman Issue Tracker 20521 0 None None None 2017-08-08 11:04:07 UTC

Description Perry Gagne 2017-06-20 18:13:37 UTC
Created attachment 1289780 [details]
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Description of problem:
There is a network prefix field which is to input the IP network prefix (ie the short form of the subnet mask /24 instead of 255.255.255.0). 

The description of this field is "Suffix or prefix length for this subnet, e.g. 32" 

Using the term suffix here is incorrect, since it's talking about the network portion of the address. 

Seen on IPv4 and IPv6 pages.

Also, while 32 is probably a bad example, since it is not (or rarely) used as a subnet prefix. 24 is a better example for IPv4 and 64 for IPv6. 


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 6.2 (IPv4) and 6.3 (IPv4/IPv6)



Suggested 
Should probably be:
IPv4 "Prefix length for this subnet, e.g. 24"
IPv6 "Prefix length for this subnet, e.g. 64

Comment 4 Satellite Program 2017-08-11 10:09:04 UTC
Moving this bug to POST for triage into Satellite 6 since the upstream issue http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/20521 has been resolved.

Comment 5 Perry Gagne 2018-05-22 13:42:11 UTC
Verified fix in 6.4 snap 4. Description text now reads "Prefix length for this subnet, e.g. 24"

Comment 6 Bryan Kearney 2018-10-16 19:01:29 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927


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