From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 17 16:46:42 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BFA137B401 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:46:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from regina.plastikos.com (216-107-106-250.wan.networktel.net [216.107.106.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41E5543FAF for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:46:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from mortis.over-yonder.net (adsl-33-235-56.jan.bellsouth.net [67.33.235.56]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by regina.plastikos.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E07436EEB9; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:46:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mortis.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 05DD020F03; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:46:37 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:46:37 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Bill Moran Message-ID: <20030617234637.GB10127@over-yonder.net> References: <2653.165.247.203.201.1055888569.squirrel@webmail.ecst.csuchico.edu> <3EEF9B8F.1090804@potentialtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EEF9B8F.1090804@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i-fullermd.1 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG cc: "Bryan W. Maxwell" Subject: Re: Networking/Routing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:46:42 -0000 On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 06:51:59PM -0400 I heard the voice of Bill Moran, and lo! it spake thus: > > 192.168.2.0 is not a valid IP address. The last number must be somewhere > between 1 and 254 (inclusive). Well, just to be anal about it... false. 192.168.2.0 is a perfectly valid IP address in any number of cases; for instance, it's a fine address about 3/4 of the way through the 192.168.0.0/22 subnet. Of course, sticking it (or any other address, except in some cases which don't apply here) on loopback is just silly. The addresses used in the SLIP attachment make a lot more sense. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"