diff --git a/src/etc/netstart b/src/etc/netstart
index 0fbcb054..d8c939fe 100644
--- a/src/etc/netstart
+++ b/src/etc/netstart
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$OpenBSD: netstart,v 1.8 1996/06/18 15:30:02 deraadt Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: netstart,v 1.9 1996/08/27 11:46:20 deraadt Exp $
 
 # set these to "NO" to turn them off.  otherwise, they're used as flags
 routed_flags=-q
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ route add $hostname localhost
 route add -net 127 127.0.0.1 -reject
 
 # default multicast route
-route add -net 224 -interface $hostname
+route add -net 224.0.0.0 -interface $hostname
 
 # /etc/mygate, if it exists, contains the name of my gateway host
 # that name must be in /etc/hosts.