ifconfig strangeness

Andreas Jellinghaus (aj@dungeon.inka.de)
Sun, 17 Jan 1999 11:59:15 +0100 (CET)

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ifconfig eth0 129.13.242.6 netmask 255.255.255.0
results in a broadcast address 129.13.0.0 (not a usefull value IMO).
is there a way to use the given information (ip and netmask)
and choose 129.13.242.0, which is correct.

or is there some situation where the current behavior is desired.

andreas

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