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netmasks(4)
NAME
  netmasks - DHCP server database

DESCRIPTION
  The netmasks file is employed by joind, the DHCP server, to inform it about
  any networks having non-standard subnet masks.  This file is only needed on
  those platforms which don't provide a netmasks database, either as a text
  file or as an NIS map.  Each network whose mask is other than the standard
  A, B, or C mask should have an entry in this file.  Each entry has two
  fields: the network and the mask.  The network may be written with or
  without zeros. See join.ipaddresses(4) for details.

  This file also supports variable subnetting.	If each subnetwork is further
  divided into subnetworks with a variable mask, the subnetworks can also
  appear on the LHS.

  FORMAT

  Blank lines and lines beginning with "#" are ignored.	 Entries are
  separated from one another by newlines.  Entries consist of two fields: the
  network number (expressed as an IP address), and the network mask expressed
  as an IP address.

RELATED INFORMATION
  Commands:  joind(8), join.ipaddresses(4).

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