On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 22:08, John Floren wrote: > Bram Mertens wrote: [...] > Here is what I would do if I had two computer connected by crossover and > a ppp connection to the internet: > /etc/network/interfaces: > auto lo eth0 > > iface lo inet loopback > > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.1.1 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > broadcast 192.168.1.255
Why do I need to add the broadcast address? Can the ppp0 configuration be left out because I can use pon dsl-provider to achie the same as ifup ppp0 in my example? TIA -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 # # SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) kernel 2.4.20-4GB i686 512MB RAM # # 10:13pm up 14 days 12:03, 11 users, load average: 0.17, 0.10, 0.08 # -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
