[2421] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Configuring my net.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Ledford)
Tue Apr 9 01:31:59 1996
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 00:24:49 -0500 (CDT)
From: Doug Ledford <dledford@dialnet.net>
To: Andrew Howell <andrew@toaster.it.com.au>
cc: Jeff Sinason <jsinason@itdcomm.com>,
Linux Net <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <m0u6Vc3-0005ljC@toaster.it.com.au>
On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Andrew Howell wrote:
> Jeff Sinason writes:
> >
> >
> > My ISP told me that they had subnetted 6 IP addresses for me. My problem
> > is that I'm not sure what to use for the netmasks and what should be
> > ifconfig'd. I also don't understand what should be route add'd.
> >
> > My link to my ISP is 206.196.100.185
> >
> > My subnet address are 206.196.114.17
> > 206.196.114.18
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > 206.196.114.22
> >
> > Can anyone explaing to me how I should come up with the netmasks? The
> > machine on the localnet don't seem to be able to see each other.....
>
> Your network address is 206.196.114.16
> Your broadcast address is 206.196.114.23
> Your netmask is 255.255.255.248
>
> So to setup your machines do the following
>
> /sbin/ifconfig eth0 YOUR-IPADDR netmask 255.255.255.248 broadcast 206.196.114.16
> /sbin/route add -net 206.196.114.23
^^
Typo :) I think you meant to put the network address there, which is 16 :)
> /sbin/route add default gw IPADDR-OF-YOUR-GATEWAY
>
> Andrew
>
> --
> Dehydration - 34%, Recollection of previous evening - 2%, embarrassment
> factor - 91%. Advise repair schedule:- off line for 36 hours, re-boot
> startup disk, and replace head - wow, what a night!
> -- Kryten in Red Dwarf `The Last Day'
>
> Andrew Howell howellaa@cs.curtin.edu.au
> Perth, Western Australia andrew@it.com.au andrew@debian.org
>
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