[DragonFlyBSD - Bug #3382] (In Progress) installer: improve network address config dialog

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Issue #3382 has been updated by liweitianux.

Status changed from New to In Progress
Assignee set to liweitianux
% Done changed from 0 to 80

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Bug #3382: installer: improve network address config dialog
http://bugs.dragonflybsd.org/issues/3382#change-14640

* Author: liweitianux
* Status: In Progress
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: liweitianux
* Category: installer
* Target version: 6.6
* Start date: 2025-05-06
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Nelson H. F. Beebe suggested the following improvement to the installer:

> (1) Many users will have IPv4 address w.x.y.z, where only the last
>     octet changes in their enviroment.  It would be nice if the
>     installer portion where a manual IPv4 configuration is done to
>     offer w.x.y.1 as defaults for the router and gateway addresses,
>     and 255.255.255.0 as the default network mask.  I have used
>     installers for other O/Ses that do just that.  Numeric addresses
>     are easy to make typing mistakes in, and providing sensible
>     defaults is most helpful.  Typos in those addresses result in loss
>     of the network, and can sometimes be hard to spot.

From: https://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2025-May/452476.html



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