Need help (of course) setting up network
Scot L. Harris
webid at cfl.rr.com
Sat May 8 13:47:25 UTC 2004
On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 06:47, Steve Searle wrote:
> > results of #ifconfig -a
> > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:CE:89:69:EA
> > inet addr:192.168.32.0 Bcast:192.168.32.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
>
> I'm' not a network expert, and others will probably correct me if I am
> wrong, but I think it is unusual or even plain wrong to have an IP
> address (inet addr) ending in .0. The last number should be between 1
> and 254. Did you set this yourself, or was it allocated by DHCP?
>
Actually depending on the subnet mask an IP address ending in 0 can be
correct and valid. Looks real strange but it will work with the correct
subnet masking.
In the case above however you are correct, a 24 bit subnet mask
(255.255.255.0) defines the networks address of 192.168.32.0, the
broadcast of 192.168.32.255, which means valid host addresses will be in
the range of 192.168.32.1 to 192.168.32.254.
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Scot L. Harris <webid at cfl.rr.com>
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