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RE: IP Address Question

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (gdoris@shaw.wave.ca)
Wed Oct 21 19:08:21 1998

From: gdoris@shaw.wave.ca
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981021151903.3249D-100000@salmo>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:07:27 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: gdoris@shaw.wave.ca
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com

Be sure that your netmask and broadcast addresses are correct.  Sometimes the
network config program "guesses" what the netmask should be...and it's wrong. 

Gerry

On 21-Oct-98 Rich Shepard wrote:
>   I have RH 5.1 installed on my small network. The network functions when
> the /etc/hosts files use the private, class A IP addresses 10.10.10.1
> through 10.10.10.3. The network doesn't function when I use the class C IP
> addresses of 192.168.93.1 through 192.168.93.3. Both are legal addresses
> and I cannot understand why only the first will work.
> 
>   Any and all insight greatfully accepted! <g>
> 
> Rich
> 
> Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
> Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.
> 2404 SW 22nd Street
> Troutdale, OR 97060-1247  U.S.A.
> + 1 503-667-4517 (voice) | + 1 503-667-8863 (fax)
> rshepard@appl-ecosys.com
> 
> 
> 
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Date: 21-Oct-98
Time: 19:04:54

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