Muddled explanation of classed vs. classless IPs (was Re: RES: networking partly broken after upgrade to testing)

2001-02-15 Thread Colin Cashman
> I don't know what all this is about. Still, it woke me up. I was just reading this in one of the TCP/IP books I have, so I'll take a stab at explaining it (and let somebody else explain the errors). IP addresses are divided into "host" portions and "network" portions. The host portion is assi

RES: RES: networking partly broken after upgrade to testing

2001-02-15 Thread Luiz Carlos S. de Alencar
Always learning. Thanks, David. -Mensagem original- De: David Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviada em: Quinta-feira, 15 de Fevereiro de 2001 11:55 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-user@lists.debian.org Assunto: Re: RES: networking partly broken after upgrade to

Re: RES: networking partly broken after upgrade to testing

2001-02-15 Thread David Wright
Quoting Luiz Carlos S. de Alencar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > The network mask assigned to eth0, as reported [255.255.252.0] by ifconfig, > seems to be incorrect. Never heard about classless subnets in Class B > networks. You probably have a Class C (/24) network [255.255.255.0] or a > classless subnet

RES: networking partly broken after upgrade to testing

2001-02-15 Thread Luiz Carlos S. de Alencar
-Mensagem original- De: Peter S Galbraith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviada em: Segunda-feira, 12 de Fevereiro de 2001 18:07 Para: Debian Users Mailing List Cc: Peter S Galbraith Assunto: networking partly broken after upgrade to testing I have upgraded to testing and am now experiencing

Re: networking partly broken after upgrade to testing

2001-02-12 Thread Peter S Galbraith
I wrote: > I have upgraded to testing and am now experiencing problems with > networking (and I was expecting problems with XFree 4.0 and that > part is fine :-) > > What works: > - incoming mail (through fetchmail) > - outgoing ftp > - outgoing ssh > > What doesn't: > - outgoing http connectio

networking partly broken after upgrade to testing

2001-02-12 Thread Peter S Galbraith
I have upgraded to testing and am now experiencing problems with networking (and I was expecting problems with XFree 4.0 and that part is fine :-) What works: - incoming mail (through fetchmail) - outgoing ftp - outgoing ssh What doesn't: - outgoing http connections outside my gateway (just hang