Paul Lussier wrote:
> >You can not have a subnet mask of .254, because this leaves you with
> >only two possible combinations in each range, the network address and
> >the broadcast address... no room for hosts. And obviously a subnet mask
> >of .255 is (almost) completely useless...
>
> Actually, that's not true. You can use .254, and it will work. I don't
> actually know *why* you'd want to, but I know it can be done.
Try it, and let me know what happens...
--
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" "Who watches the watchmen?"
-Juvenal, Satires, VI, 347
Derek D. Martin | Senior UNIX Systems/Network Administrator
Arris Interactive | A Nortel Company
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-------------------------------------------------
**********************************************************
To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the
*body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter:
unsubscribe gnhlug
**********************************************************
