Re: wha is ipv4 prefix?? (why not netmask)

["Tambet Ingo" <tambet gmail com>]

Hey,

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 1:44 AM, Miguel Angel Cañedo
<mcanedo grupogcm com> wrote:
> I was pulling my hair trying to set static ipv4 settings.
> Until I realized that NM 0.7 asks for PREFIX instead of NETMASK....
>
> Now, my netmask should be 255.255.0.0
> How do I transalte that into the Prefix?

16.

> What is that prefix thing?

This should help (from google cache):
http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:N2B0npwBLb4J:www.gadgetwiz.com/network/netmask.html

The netmask entry should probably autodetect whether the entered value
is a prefix or netmask.

Tambet