[plug] Suse 9.2 2 nics

[Craig Ringer]

On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 23:45 +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 18:53 +0800, Bernd Felsche wrote:

> > e.g. change eth1 to 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.254
> 
> That netmask specifies a 31 bit subnetwork. That's not a legal network,
> because you must have a network address and broadcast address. It might
> work, but it might not too - just what we all love in our networks - and
> it's generally just a really bad idea. Use at minimum 255.255.255.252
> (ie a 30 bit subnet mask).

Here's some better info:

http://www.pku.edu.cn/academic/research/computer-center/tc/html/TC0306.html

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Craig Ringer