[19560] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: quick question?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Gibbard)
Thu Sep 17 00:39:13 1998
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 00:34:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Steve Gibbard <scg@wwnet.net>
Reply-To: Steve Gibbard <scg@wwnet.net>
To: "Kyle D. Smith" <peaches@cia-g.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980916213631.10343G-100000@mailer.cia-g.com>
On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Kyle D. Smith wrote:
> their network, and need around 30 more ip addresses. I went ahead and
> allocated them the following IP address pool (207.66.81.144 ->
> 207.66.81.174 with network/brodcast address.) I attempted to use the new
> address on a Apple Macintosh (PowerMac 6500/75) and it erturned an error
Are you trying to set up that IP address block as one subnet or two? That
IP block would be two valid /28s (207.206.81.144/28 and
207.206.81.160/28), but it isn't a valid /27.
hint: For a valid /27 (block of 32 IP addresses), the last octet of the
network address needs to be a multiple of 32.
-Steve
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