You would end up with aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd/29 (or a netmask of 255.255.255.248) - This is 8 IP address, where one is the network identifier, one is the broadcast, one goes to the ISP's router, and you are left with five useable addresses. - Herman On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Bill Moseley wrote: ->>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? ->> ->> ->> ->>Bill Moseley ->>mailto:moseley@hank.org ->> ->>-- ->>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/ ->> -- 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/