On 1/3/06, Oivind <oivindg at gmail dot com> wrote:
> I have a 1.21 m0n0wall box with a quad interface pci card.
>
> I.e. I assign 10.0.10.1/24 to OPT1. Now, if I reassign to 10.0.20.2
> without touching mask, it is set to /8 though the gui displays /24
> before i click save.
>

Yeah, it automatically assigns the CIDR based on the address class. 
If you don't tab or click outside the IP address box before clicking
the Save button, you end up with a mask you didn't intend to have.

In pfsense, I'm pushing for removing that behavior entirely, and
defaulting to /24 for everything.  Would make sense, IMO, to do the
same here.  Practically nobody should want a 10. network to be a /8,
and /24 is a much more sensible default.

-Chris