Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm not that well versed on calculating netmasks and broadcast address, > but these look a bit strange. You might try the standard settings:
a netmask of 255.255.255.0 could only be consider "standard" in a LAN environment. the mask in the original message (255.255.255.252) is typical of a DSL environment. it allows 4 addresses on the local network: the user's computer, the router, the broadcast address, and a "network address" (which is never actually used, AFAIK). I just checked on my machine. I've got a file called "/etc/init.d/network" which brings up the interfaces and updates the route tables. it says: # In new Debian installations, this file is deprecated in favour of # the ifup/ifdown commands (invoked from /etc/init.d/networking), which # can be configured from the file /etc/network/interfaces. so I guess I'm using an out-of-date method. -- joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
