-----Original Message----- From: Bill Moseley [mailto:moseley@hank.org] Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 9:01 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] SuSE Firewall
At 10:43 PM 04/13/00 -0500, Jeffrey Taylor wrote:
This is not correct, the subnet mask does not have to have all the 1's on the left. Admittedly almost all do, and some implementations require it, but the standards do not.
I was wondering about that, as I'm looking into a DLS setup that offers five static IP numbers. So I imagine it's five numbers out of a subnet. I'm unclear how to configure such a thing. I assume I can't use the 192.168.x.x/24 notation, and have to have a specific net mask instead.
Anyone know how that "Five IP DSL" connection would look and be configured?
Assuming the 192.168.1.x network, which I assume it won't be because you will be getting public IPs, it would be 192.168.1.0/29, 192.168.1.8/29, 192.168.1.16/29, or 192.168.1.x/29 (where x is a multiple of 8 and /29 is a subnet mask of 255.255.255.248). Your gateway would most likely be one of 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.9, 192.168.1.17, etc. For the 192.168.1.0/29 network .0 would signify the network, .1 would be the first address (taken up by the gateway), .6 would be the last, and .7 would be the broadcast address leaving 5 addresses for your use. Greg Because e-mail can be altered electronically, the integrity of this communication cannot be guaranteed. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/