-.Dd 2002-02-06
+.Dd 2002-04-09
.Dt TINC.CONF 5
.\" Manual page created by:
.\" Ivo Timmermans <itimmermans@bigfoot.com>
Either the PEM format is used, or exactly one of the above two options must be specified
in each host configuration file,
if you want to be able to establish a connection with that host.
-.It Va Subnet Li = Ar address Ns Op Li / Ns Ar masklength
+.It Va Subnet Li = Ar address Ns Op Li / Ns Ar prefixlength
The subnet which this tinc daemon will serve.
.Nm tinc
tries to look up which other daemon it should send a packet to by searching the appropriate subnet.
.Pp
Subnets can either be single MAC, IPv4 or IPv6 addresses,
in which case a subnet consisting of only that single address is assumed,
-or they can be a IPv4 or IPv6 network address with a masklength.
+or they can be a IPv4 or IPv6 network address with a prefixlength.
Shorthand notations are not supported.
For example, IPv4 subnets must be in a form like 192.168.1.0/24,
where 192.168.1.0 is the network address and 24 is the number of bits set in the netmask.
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Wessel Dankers <wsl@@nl.linux.org>.
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connection with that host.
@cindex Subnet
-@item Subnet = <address[/masklength]>
+@item Subnet = <address[/prefixlength]>
The subnet which this tinc daemon will serve.
tinc tries to look up which other daemon it should send a packet to by searching the appropiate subnet.
If the packet matches a subnet,
Subnets can either be single MAC, IPv4 or IPv6 addresses,
in which case a subnet consisting of only that single address is assumed,
-or they can be a IPv4 or IPv6 network address with a masklength.
+or they can be a IPv4 or IPv6 network address with a prefixlength.
Shorthand notations are not supported.
For example, IPv4 subnets must be in a form like 192.168.1.0/24,
where 192.168.1.0 is the network address and 24 is the number of bits set in the netmask.
MAC addresses are notated like 0:1a:2b:3c:4d:5e.
@cindex CIDR notation
-masklength is the number of bits set to 1 in the netmask part; for
+prefixlength is the number of bits set to 1 in the netmask part; for
example: netmask 255.255.255.0 would become /24, 255.255.252.0 becomes
/22. This conforms to standard CIDR notation as described in
@uref{ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1519.txt, RFC1519}
@item Something is not configured right. Packets are being sent out to the
virtual network device, but according to the Subnet directives in your host configuration
file, those packets should go to your own host. Most common mistake is that
-you have a Subnet line in your host configuration file with a netmask which is
-just as large as the netmask of the virtual network interface. The latter should in almost all
+you have a Subnet line in your host configuration file with a prefix length which is
+just as large as the prefix of the virtual network interface. The latter should in almost all
cases be larger. Rethink your configuration.
Note that you will only see this message if you specified a debug
level of 5 or higher!
@item Add the `ifconfig $INTERFACE -arp' to tinc-up.
@end itemize
-@item Network address and subnet mask do not match!
+@item Network address and prefix length do not match!
@itemize
@item The Subnet field must contain a @emph{network} address.
+------------------> name of node on one side of the edge
origin ADD_SUBNET node 192.168.1.0/24
- | | +--> masklength
+ | | +--> prefixlength
| +--------> IPv4 network address
+------------------> owner of this subnet
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