Re: /etc/network/interfaces: network option

[Alex Samad <alex@samad.com.au>]

On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 08:59:13AM +0300, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
> Hi all,
> Let a /etc/network/interfaces be, with these lines:
>   iface eth0 inet static
>     address 192.168.1.15
>     network 192.168.1.0
>     broadcast 192.168.1.255
>     gateway 192.168.1.254
> 
> What is the role of 'network'?
> I mean:
> 
> If I am on a 192.168.1.8/27:
> 
>    address 192.168.1.8
>    netmask 255.255.255.224
> 
> What to put as 'network'?

a good friend is ipcalc 

> 

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