Re: network number
Hmmm,
Your network number should be correct, and you're right about what the
netmask *should* be. Apparantly an installation script got horribly
confused about netblocks.
Try hand-editing your network file with the correct information.
--Rich
Stan Brown wrote:
>
> I upgraded a Debian machien this weeknd, and now it wants a bit more
> information in the /etc/network files. It wants "network number" I'm
> confused by this.
>
> Heres what I have IP 170.85.109.24 netmask 255.255.255.128 I put in
> 170.85.109.0 for a netwokr number, but this must be wrong based upon what
> the broadcast adress of the interface becomes. It should be 170.85.109.127,
> but instead it's 170.85.255.255
>
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> Stan Brown stanb@awod.com 843-745-3154
> Charleston SC.
> --
> Windows 98: n.
> useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and
> a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
> originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit
> company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.
> -
> (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
>
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