Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:19:48 -0600 From: Tony Wells <awells@journalstar.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A networking problem Message-ID: <38513634.230E57A4@journalstar.com> References: <Pine.BSI.4.05.9912101044550.2862-100000@earth.wnm.net>
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What are the numbers after the / in the IP address of netstat -rn? I looked in the manpage and on the web but haven't been able to find any information. Thanks, Tony Wells Alex Charalabidis wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Tony Wells wrote: > > > I can't ping the router or any of the other machines on the subnet. > > This is a machine I'm colocating which happens to be about 50 miles from > > my present location so it's kind of a pain to troubleshoot. I don't > > need to run routed since I just need to get to the gateway do I? Is > > there anyway that the router could be poisoning my routing table? > > > > I also noticed that entry in the routing table: > > 206.103.113.194/27 link#1 UC > > > > With a netmask of 255.255.255.224, shouldn't it show: > > 206.103.113.194/29 link#1 ? (I'm assuming that the numbers after the / > > are the number of bits allocated to the host address.) > > > Actually, it should be 206.103.113.192/27 > > -ac > > -- > ============================================================== > Alex Charalabidis (AC8139) 5050 Poplar Ave, Ste 170 > Systems Administrator Memphis, TN 38157 > WebNet Memphis (901) 432 6000 > ============================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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