[1090] in linux-net channel archive
Re: ProxyArp parameterized on interface?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christoph Lameter)
Sun Sep 10 20:42:07 1995
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 08:10:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@waterf.org>
To: Marcus Nilsson <marcus@kuai.se>
cc: submit-linux-dev-net@ratatosk.yggdrasil.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950910162319.16187A-100000@zen.kuai.se>
On Sun, 10 Sep 1995, Marcus Nilsson wrote:
> On 9 Sep 1995, Christoph Lameter wrote:
>
> > : > I guess this could be solved using subnets ...
> >
> > : It's definitely your best bet. You would have to use a 5-bit netmask
> > : (which gives you 6 subnets): 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192.
> >
> > There are 8 subnets for a 5-bit netmask since that leaves you 3 bits.
> > You missed 0 and 224.
>
> No, you are not allowed to use network adress 0 or broadcast 255 if the
> subnet is smaller than a C-net. This is subject to change, since we are
> moving towards class-less networks.
It works here.... why not?
I thought that was the point of subnetting.. giving bits to the network
number.
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