Re: Multi-Networking in Linux - Multiple Subnets

Rich <[email protected]>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
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".
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