Errata

TCP/IP Network Administration

Errata for TCP/IP Network Administration

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Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update

Version Location Description Submitted by Date submitted
Printed Page 64, 65
1st paragraph

RFC 1725 is now obsoleted by RFC 1939.

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 66
1st paragraph in MIME section, fourth line

"then it is with the mechanics of delivery." should read
"than it is with the mechanics of delivery."

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 98
1st paragraph, 3rd line

Change "offer" to "offered"

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 129
1st paragraph

The next to last sentence reads:

The address (172.16.12.2) is correct, but the address mask (ffff0000 or
255.255.0.0) and the broadcast address (172.16.0.0) are incorrect.

These values are in reference to the "ifconfig le0" command near the top of
page 128. The broadcast address reported by this command is

Anonymous   
Printed Page 167
2nd paragraph from the bottom

The only route that does not require a command is one on Linux. All others
I have tested (Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, HP-UX 11i, Tru64 5.1, AIX 4.3) require a command.

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 172.16.255.255

. Therefore, the sentence should read:

The address (172.16.12.2) is correct, but the address mask (ffff0000 or
255.255.0.0) and the broadcast address (172.16.255.255) are incorrect.

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 200
5th paragraph

In the third sentence,

... created but the ifconfig command ...

should read

... created by the ifconfig command ...

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 225
4th paragraph

In the last sentence, the word "configuration" is misspelled.

 Anonymous