Re: Multi-Networking in Linux - Multiple Subnets

At Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:42:04 +0200 Marc Haber <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> "Carlos E. R." <[email protected]> wrote:
> >eth0: flagsA63<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
> >         inet 192.168.2.9  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 192.168.255.255
> 
> Using the entire 192.168.0.0/16 range for a single home network is a
> sure sign of a person not knowing too much about networking or an
> incompetent ISP.

Indeed.  If one really needs a class B sub-net for one's home netwoek (64K 
nodes?) I believe there are class B sub-nets under 172.16.0.0 to 
172.31.255.255.  The 192.168.*.0 sub-nets are for class Class C Private 
sub-nets.

> 
> >Works for me as above :-)
> 
> Until the moment you'd want to connect to another network.
> 
> Greetings
> Marc

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