From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Nov 2 01:17:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA11181 for isp-outgoing; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 01:17:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from panda.hilink.com.au (panda.hilink.com.au [203.8.15.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA11172 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 01:16:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from danny@panda.hilink.com.au) Received: (from danny@localhost) by panda.hilink.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA24119; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:23:28 +1100 (EST) Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:23:28 +1100 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" To: Ronald Wiplinger cc: FreeBSD-isp Subject: Re: Routing entry for sysconf In-Reply-To: <199711020731.PAA08924@mail.trace.com.tw> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Ronald Wiplinger wrote: > On Sun, 2 Nov 1997 17:30:47 +1100 (EST), Daniel O'Callaghan wrote: > >> ed1: 203.67.189.96 netmask 255.255.255.224 (96, 97 - 126, 127) > >> ed1: 203.67.189.128 netmask 255.255.255.224 (128, 129 - 158, 159) > >> ed1: 203.67.189.160 netmask 255.255.255.224 (160, 161 - 190, 191) > >> ed1: 203.67.189.192 netmask 255.255.255.224 (192, 193 - 222, 223) > >> ed1: 203.67.189.224 netmask 255.255.255.224 (224, 225 - 254, 255) > >> (for class room 10 MB/s) > > > >Why so many on ed1? Is there another router which splits up the nets to > >the classrooms or are the classrooms just linked by hubs? > > No, you can put it also into one line, but finally the question remains, how to put this info into sysconfig. To > split it in several lines should just emphesize, that you still cannot use, 95, 96, 127, 128, 159, 160, 191, 192, > 223, 224 and 255, even you put it into one line ;-( But you *can* use those addresses. If you want to make policy not to, then that is fine, but sysconfig need not know. Otherwise, just put in a comment. Hmm. How many machines for the classroom? Why not put ed1 203.67.189.128 netmask 255.255.255.128? You don't have to keep the netmask the same for all subnets any more; that went out years ago. Danny