On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 07:08:56PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: | On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 01:22:31AM +0200, Martin F Krafft wrote: | > also sprach dman (on Sat, 01 Sep 2001 07:08:38PM -0400): | > > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 11:51:57PM +0200, Joerg Huber wrote: | > > | > > | > ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 up | > > | > > This doesn't look right to me. 0.0.0.0 would be the broadcast address | > ^^^^^^^^^ | > network | > | > 0.255.255.255 would be the broadcast for 0/8
Err, right, I meant the network address :-). | <mode="nitpicking"> | Actually, in older BSD net code the network was also the broadcast | address. This still works on some IP stacks (try pinging your network | address sometime). | </mode> Actually, I didn't know that. -D
