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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 index e684d4a..1517055 100644 --- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ .Ar interface .Op Ar address_family .Oo -.Ar address +.Ar address Ns Op Cm / Ns Ar prefixlength .Op Ar dest_address .Oc .Op Ar parameters @@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ or a .Tn DARPA Internet address expressed in the Internet standard .Dq dot notation . +.Pp +It is also possible to use the CIDR notation (also known as the +slash notation) to include the netmask. +That is, one can specify an address like +.Dl 192.168.0.1/16 .\" For the Xerox Network Systems(tm) family, .\" addresses are .\" .Ar net:a.b.c.d.e.f , @@ -325,6 +330,11 @@ and 0's for the host part. The mask should contain at least the standard network portion, and the subnet field should be contiguous with the network portion. +.Pp +The netmask can also be specified in CIDR notation after the address. +See the +.Ar address +option above for more information. .It Cm prefixlen Ar len (Inet6 only) Specify that |
