On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 12:36, James Melin wrote:
> Of course, now I cant remember how to get linux to barf up the broadcast
> address it is using, but if memory serves, for all my linuxes, the IP
> addresses are 137.70.100.xxx and the default gateway is 137.70.100.3, the
> netmask is set to 255.255.254.0. We orignally had a netmask of
> 255.255.255.0 but I changed to to ...254.0 per my network group after the
> install. The broadcast address that was set at install time was, I'm quite
> sure 137.70.100.255. So what is the implication of changing the netmask
> after the install? Is that part of what is causing this?

Yep.  Your network just got wider.  Your new correct broadcast address
should be 137.70.101.255.

Adam

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