On 1/6/14, Bob Proulx <[email protected]> wrote: > Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> > Tanstaafl wrote: >> >> # The primary network interface ... >> >> network ###.###.###.### >> >> broadcast ###.###.###.### >> > >> > Since you already fixed your issue I'll just comment on your interfaces >> > file. BTW, there is a man page for it: interfaces(5). >> > 3. it's safe to get rid of 'network' and 'broadcast', they are >> > calculated from address and netmask ;) >> >> Actually not. Some home adsl modems and routers these days default to >> 172.XX.. and 10. subnets, and Debian (Linux kernel?) chooses networks >> such as 255.255.0.0 and 255.0.0.0 and correspondingly for broadcasts. > > I think you have misread "network" as "netmask". The "netmask" is
Ack. My bad :) Thank you for spotting that. Zenaan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caosgnst6wlokjfjm-elzrxswkgrytqnzyen4ravrx1wfafo...@mail.gmail.com
