Philipp Überbacher, Fri 2011-06-17 @ 21:30:45+0200: > Afaik the /24 is correct for the local network, although I don't know > what it means. Seems like this is called prefix length in the switch. > The netmask according to the switch settings is 255.255.255.0. > > It definitely worked in rc.conf with 255.255.0.0 as netmask and > aforementioned gateway, some links that can shed light on this stuff, > especially the strange /24, would be welcome. The "/24" is just another way of writing a netmask of 255.255.255.0. 24 is the number of bits in the network prefix. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIDR_notation.