Re: Multi-Networking in Linux - Multiple Subnets

At Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:58:28 +0200 "Carlos E. R." <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> On 2026-07-30 13:42, Marc Haber 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.
> 
> The ISP configures the router so that it is mandatory to use 
> 192.168.1.*, and they take a good chunk of it for their own usage. I 
> have no recourse but using this non standard network. I use 192.168.2 
> for dhcp assignments.

What is the ISP doing with *your* LAN network?  The router should only be 
using *one* LAN IP address (commonly 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 for typical 
home routers) for the router itself.  The WAN network is something else,

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

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