routing problem, was: Re: [SlugBug] Wiki, routing and the last / first meeting...

[Bill Best]

Chris wrote:

> Hi
> 
> On Fri 27-Feb-2004 at 04:06:13PM +0000, Alan Dawson wrote:
> 
>>Quoting Chris <chris at slugbug.org.uk>:
>>
>>>>Try a netmask of 255.255.255.240 ?
>>>
>>>Tried that, same problem:
>>>
>>>  # /sbin/ifconfig | grep 80.176.191.223
>>>    inet addr:80.176.191.223  Bcast:80.176.191.223 Mask:255.255.255.240
>>>
>>
>>The inet addr and bcast are definitley the same above 
>>try making a bit bigger again .. ?
>>netmask 255.255.255.128  ?
> 
> 
> That's the one :-)
> 
>   # /sbin/route | grep eth0
>   80.176.191.128  *               255.255.255.128 U     0      0 0 eth0
>   default         mdmgm-adsl.demo 0.0.0.0         UG    0      0 0 eth0
> 
>   # /sbin/ifconfig | grep 80.176.191.255
>           inet addr:80.176.191.223  Bcast:80.176.191.255 Mask:255.255.255.128
> 
> Cheers :-)

the sub-net calculator here:

http://www.cotse.com/networkcalculator.html

- is always useful for this sort of thing.

bb