Re: Multi-Networking in Linux - Multiple Subnets

Marc Haber <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:53:18 +0200
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rbowman <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:43:11 +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
>
>> With a /16 Netmask, covering the entire 192.168 RFC 1918 range, as if we
>> have plenty of IPv4 addresses?
>> 
>> Please, let me see that ISPs customer documentation. They do have it
>> online, don't they? I'm familiar with that industry for nearly 30 years
>> and have never seen a setup like that. It sounds so brain-dead that my
>> first idea was that you haven't understood.
>
>wlp2s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>        inet 192.168.1.124  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255
>
>It's the same on the machine with a wired connection.

Please get the basics of IP networking right and take a look at the
netmask.

Greetings
Marc
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