Re: Multi-Networking in Linux - Multiple Subnets

Robert Heller <[email protected]> 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.

Classful IP addressing has been irrelevant in practice for over 30
years. Please un-learn that knowledge, especially because you seem to
have it wrong.

192.168.0.0/16 is NOT a class B network and has never been.

Greetings
Marc
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