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?
You have five available addresses on your side of the DSL device. The DSL device itself has an address on your side. (It probably has another, different address on the other side. It's a router. Each port on a router has its own address.) The lowest and highest addresses in a subnet are reserved (the highest address is the broadcast address; the lowest address is for a technically different but functionally similar use that escapes me at the moment.) That's a total of eight addresses occupied by your subnet. Your subnet mask is /29 (new style) or 255.255.255.248 -- 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/