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SubjectRE: IP address 10.1.1.0/16 not valid
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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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