Re: Multi-Networking in Linux - Multiple Subnets
Marc Haber <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:15:15 +0200
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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. That was the case until classful IP addressing was replaced by classless routing some 30 years ago. Since then people using the "class X" terminology only divulge their outdated knowledge. Greetings Marc -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Rhein-Neckar, DE | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 6224 1600402