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Date:      Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:34:42 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Keith Woodworth <kwoody@citytel.net>, Tim Moony <timm@uniqsite.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions Forum <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: What the hell is DUP!
Message-ID:  <19980413173442.U28708@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980413002334.507C-100000@mybsd.net>; from Keith Woodworth on Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 12:25:07AM -0700
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980411214715.433A-100000@uniqsite.com> <Pine.BSF.3.91.980413002334.507C-100000@mybsd.net>

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On Mon, 13 April 1998 at  0:25:07 -0700, Keith Woodworth wrote:
>
> On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, Tim Moony wrote:

>> On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Greg Lehey wrote:
>>> No, I don't see any problem with your ISP.  I'm sure when they said
>>> "any way you want", they meant "any way that works".  In particular,
>>> though, you can't assign another name without first registering it.
>>> Well, you can, but it won't work.  Any I suspect that you might have
>>> set your broadcast address on IP 41 incorrectly.  If that's your
>>> block, your broadcast address should be 206.14.149.63, and your net
>>> mask should be 255.255.255.192.  Is that what you have?
>
> Why a netmask of 255.255.255.192? What book can I look in aobut netmasks?
> Ive run into a few thing bout them lately and need *alot* more info about
> them.

You can get basic information as it related to FreeBSD from "The
Complete FreeBSD", second edition
(http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm), and more detailed
information from "TCP/IP Network Administration", by Craig Hunt, from
O'Reilly.

Greg

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