Re: Multi-Networking in Linux - Multiple Subnets

On 30/07/2026 12:59, Robert Heller wrote:
> 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.
> 
If it's private it doesn't really matter: these networks were defined to 
NOT be on the public internet that's all,

Many routers will allow multiple local networks to be defined and will 
route between them.

If not the simple answer is to insert a linux machine preferably with 
two interfaces, but linux allows two IP addresses to be assigned to a 
single interface


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

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