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Date:      Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:12:30 -0500
From:      Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org>
To:        Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org>
Cc:        Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IPs , Netmasks and Broadcast.
Message-ID:  <43298F5E.5060102@computer.org>
In-Reply-To: <43298E1D.8090006@computer.org>
References:  <014f01c5b945$65df9280$6501a8c0@GRANT> <43298E1D.8090006@computer.org>

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Eric Schuele wrote:
> Grant Peel wrote:
> 
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Now I am really confused.
>>
>> Up until this morning I thought I had a good handle on when I need to 
>> use the real Netmask and Broadcast.
>>
>> For example, If I have 3 servers, and my upline asigns me a block of 
>> 128 addresses, for the first ip used (from this block) on each server, 
>> I would need to specify the IP, true netmask and a broadcase. Then, 
>> when using more IPs from that block, I would use a 255.255.255.255 
>> netmask and a broadcast equal to the IP.
> 
> 
> Google
>   CIDR
>   IP Netmask
>   IP broadcast
> 
> HTH.
> 

Hmmm... I may have had a tad too much coffee this morning.  I think I 
read over your OP too quick and probably have not answered the question 
properly.  Its all good reading... but probably not applicable to your 
problem.

>>
>> Today, I was in this exact position where I was tring to add an (the 
>> first one one THAT machine, from that block) IP from a block that is 
>> almost completely used up on another server, and the one I was adding 
>> it to would not take it. When I tried adding it with a 255.255.255.255 
>> netmask, and a broadcast eaqual to the amount of IPs from that block - 
>> it worked.
>>
>> this is on a FreeBSD 4.10 machine.
>>
>> WHich way is correct for 4.7 and higher?
>>
>> -Grant
>>
>>
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> 


-- 
Regards,
Eric



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