Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 21:58:00 GMT From: efinley@efinley.com (Elliot Finley) To: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> Cc: Gold Fish <gfish@uniqsite.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netmask matter Message-ID: <3659da1d.18138900@mail.afnetinc.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981123110700.27435I-100000@java.dpcsys.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981123110700.27435I-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
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Um,255.255.255.248 is the correct netmask for that subnet, but
wouldn't the broadcast address be xxx.yyy.zzz.15?
On Mon, 23 Nov 1998 11:09:25 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
>> On 23-Nov-98 Gold Fish wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > I was assigned address from xxx.yyy.zzz.9 to xxx.yyy.zzz.13 but I can't
>> > seem to make my home network work.
>> >
>> > The netmask I used was: xxx.yyy.zzz.0 I think it's incorrect. Can
>> > someone point out the problem?
>
>The correct netmask for that subnet is 255.255.255.248 with a broadcast
>address of xxx.yyy.zzz.14
>
>Dan
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