From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 02:08:51 -0400
From: Russ Cox rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com
Subject: [9fans] Thanks, ip almost working!
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> Time for "Plan B" for Plan 9: I'm addressing the CDROM problem by purchase

What happened to Plan A?  Surely that comes between Plan 9 and Plan B, no?

The problem, I think, is that once you set the ip information, you
can't set it again.  Once you tell it your ethernet card is 255.255.255.0
(probably in termrc?) you're doomed..

You might ahve more luck removing all network setup stuff (commenting it out)
from termrc and typing commands yourself between successive reboots.
For what its worth, I think I've done network masks that small.