Re: Multi-Networking in Linux - Multiple Subnets

Marc Haber <[email protected]> Sun, 02 Aug 2026 08:40:16 +0200
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c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 8/2/26 00:00, Marc Haber wrote:
>> "Carlos E. R." <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> As it is, I don't see what I can do considering that I absolutely must
>>> keep the 192.168.1.* range almost intact. I might use a smaller NET,
>>> like a /18 prefix instead of a /16
>> 
>> /24 is still to big, but still sensible and what most people do.
>
>   Sorry, but /24 is now TOO SMALL for a lot of
>   businesses, and hard to ORGANIZE for smaller
>   entities. Workstations, servers, net-connected
>   devices, IOT shit ... /24 isn't BIG enough
>   anymore.

I am talking about people like you who can barely type an IP address
without accidents.

>   But NOT smooth easy way to like make ".0.x"
>   and ".1.x" look like one big smooth network.

/23 or if you insist /20.

No one with a sane mind will run a /18 in a single broadcast domain.

>> I'm done with this part of the discussion.
>
>   Might be a good thing .... :-)
>
>   I'm interested in the DEAD PRACTICAL considerations,
>   not "philosophic" or 25-year-old "assumptions".

I am horrified by the fact that I seem to be the only person with a
networking background here.

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