On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 06:47, Steve Searle wrote: > > results of #ifconfig -a > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:CE:89:69:EA > > inet addr:192.168.32.0 Bcast:192.168.32.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > > I'm' not a network expert, and others will probably correct me if I am > wrong, but I think it is unusual or even plain wrong to have an IP > address (inet addr) ending in .0. The last number should be between 1 > and 254. Did you set this yourself, or was it allocated by DHCP? > Actually depending on the subnet mask an IP address ending in 0 can be correct and valid. Looks real strange but it will work with the correct subnet masking. In the case above however you are correct, a 24 bit subnet mask (255.255.255.0) defines the networks address of 192.168.32.0, the broadcast of 192.168.32.255, which means valid host addresses will be in the range of 192.168.32.1 to 192.168.32.254. -- Scot L. Harris <webid@xxxxxxxxxx>
