Re: Multi-Networking in Linux - Multiple Subnets

At 30 Jul 2026 19:22:22 GMT 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: flagsA63<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
>         inet 192.168.1.124  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255
> 

This is a perfectly normal/typical router set up.  It is using the LAN address 
range of 192.168.1.0/24 -- 254 host IP addresses from 192.168.1.1 through 
192.168.1.254.  (Addresses 192.168.1.0 and 192.168.1.255 are reserved for 
special purposes.)

> It's the same on the machine with a wired connection. It's a StarLink 
> router so argue with Musk.

Musk & crew are not doing anything strange.

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