John,
What I might suggest is looking at the actual address assigned to your
Linux box serving as a router. It looks like you want a Class C address,
but it looks like the Linux box is borrowing all 8 bits for your network
address, leaving no available bits for your host.
Does the address of the Linix box fall within the range of 192.0.0.x to
223.255.255.x? If the IP address is out of this range, Linux might
recognize it as a different address class.
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: John Starkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 10:57 PM
Subject: Genmask and routed.
> Hi all.
>
> Somehow I have caused route to default to subnet 255.255.255.255 on my
> RedHat 6.1 box. I've tried linuxconf, deleting the route and adding it
> with gw 255.255.255.0 and it still insists on return to 255.255.255.255.
>
> I also looked at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and it shows
> 255.255.255.0.
>
> I know that you can subnet to a different class for added versatility but
> I don't need that. I am using the box as a router for another machine
> (MacOS) which won't allow a subnet to be any other than it's default
> class.
>
> Any suggestions???
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>
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