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

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 19:11 -0400, Nathaniel McCallum wrote:
> Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Miguel Angel Cañedo <mcanedo grupogcm com> writes:
> >
> >   
> >> 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 ?
> >   
> I also thought the wording was less-than-clear.

We should really be accepting a netmask in that field and autoconverting
to a prefix when you hit tab or move out of the field.  There are quite
a few rough edges to the connection editor that we do need to fix up.

Dan