Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 14:22:32 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Tim Moony <timm@uniqsite.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Forum <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: What the hell is DUP! Message-ID: <19980412142232.G24376@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980411214715.433A-100000@uniqsite.com>; from Tim Moony on Sat, Apr 11, 1998 at 09:50:46PM -0700 References: <19980412135937.F24376@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980411214715.433A-100000@uniqsite.com>
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On Sat, 11 April 1998 at 21:50:46 -0700, Tim Moony wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> No, I don't see any problem with your ISP. I'm sure when they said >> "any way you want", they meant "any way that works". In particular, >> though, you can't assign another name without first registering it. >> Well, you can, but it won't work. Any I suspect that you might have >> set your broadcast address on IP 41 incorrectly. If that's your >> block, your broadcast address should be 206.14.149.63, and your net >> mask should be 255.255.255.192. Is that what you have? > > I tried to changed the netmask from 206.14.149.32 to 255.255.255.192 and > that worked. Good. > All this time I've been confused by netmask and broadcast address, is > there any place where I can get super-charged? A book maybe. I was waiting for you to ask that :-) How about "The Complete FreeBSD", second edition (http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm)? Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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