On Wednesday 04 March 2015 21:39:16 David Wright wrote: > Quoting Gene Heskett (ghesk...@wdtv.com): > > On Wednesday 04 March 2015 18:34:17 Juan R. de Silva wrote: > > > > That looks 10% legit to me. > > > > > > 10% ? Is it a typo or a joke? :-) > > > > Thats a genuine typu, s/b 100%. 80yo fingers don't always type what > > my brain tells them... :( > > However, your response was not particularly helpful because in your > case the numbers you substituted with xx are the same. > > I know I had to look carefully to see where the OP's confusion lay. > Like most people with a home router, I don't often see a netmask that > isn't 255.255.255.0. > > Thanks to Bob for a very clear exposition.
Yes David. When I get this install tuned up a bit better, I should troll thru the kernel's networking and see if I could borrow some of that math for netmask and such. Bob is likely 100% correct, but I'd like to learn how its done. > Cheers, > David. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201503042216.29474.ghesk...@wdtv.com
