Re: Multi-Networking in Linux - Multiple Subnets
Rich <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
c186282 <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/3/26 23:52, Rich wrote: >> Richard Kettlewell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> c186282 <[email protected]> writes: >>>> Not TOO long ago, we'd have asked why anyone would need more than 254 >>>> IP addresses easily in grasp. However that was before MANY boxes, MANY >>>> servers and finally "IOT". >>> >>> If the problem is too many devices, just use a bigger network, there is >>> no reason you have to limit yourself to a /24. >> >> Indeed. the 10.0.0.0/8 private block would give our "speed of light" >> nick 16.7M addresses to assign to IOT stuff at home. If he has more >> than 16.7M IOT devices at home, then well maybe he's got too damn many >> IOT devices. > > Yea, that would be a bit "excessive". > > But, the original question, HOW to easily > SET a network bigger than /24 ??? Use IP's from one of the private blocks that are larger than /24 and just set yourself a larger subnet. I.e., use the 10.0.0.0 private block, and setup a subnet as /23 if you want, and get more addresses all in the same "network".