On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Kevin Traas wrote: : >QUESTION: Is their a "generic" ip addressing scheme that should be used : >within this company , since it is not connected in any way to the net. : >Does it even matter? I guess I could use any address I want ... : : : There's an RFC on this, but I can't quote the number at the moment.... : This RFC defines the use of 10.0.0.0 or 192.168.0.0 for internal, private : networks.
RFC 1918 : : >QUESTION: I took a quick tour of their offices, and have noticed the hub : >in the closet. The brand - "David Systems", never heard of it myself... : >Will I have any problems passing TCP/IP over this hub? IP and IPX can : >exist together, cant they ??? I don't have any information on this hub : >other than it's name... I've heard claims that some Novell specific hardware won't do anything but IPX. I've never encountered this myself. (anyone know if it's true?? FUD??) AFAIK, a hub should be doing all its work at the hardware level anyway. : : Can't help you on this. IP & IPX do coexist without a problem and if the : hub you mention is indeed only a hub, then it won't be a problem. : However, if it's a router, then it will have to support IP as well as IPX. : : Later, : Kevin : -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 phone: (605) 334-4454 fax: (605) 335-1173 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net PGP Key ID: 0xA33B86E9 - Public key available at keyservers PGP Key fingerprint: CE03 10AF 3281 1858 9D32 C2AB 936D C472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .