Messages in this thread | | | From | "Russell Mellon" <> | Subject | RE: IP address 10.1.1.0/16 not valid | Date | Tue, 4 Dec 2001 07:07:07 -0600 |
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Ok, you are right, it was about 3am when I wrote the message... Still, the kernel should allow the address 10.1.1.0/16. -Russ
-----Original Message----- From: Stefan Smietanowski [mailto:stesmi@stesmi.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 3:14 AM To: Russell Mellon Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IP address 10.1.1.0/16 not valid
Russell Mellon wrote:
> Why is it that the kernel seems to reject using the address 10.1.1.0 on a > 255.255.0.0 netmask. That address isn't the broadcast address, 10.1.0.0 is.
To be pendantic, 10.1.0.0 is the network address and 10.1.255.255 is the broadcast :)
// Stefan
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