As a side point to this thread...
Who the hell made you, Stephen, _THE_ first and last word on Networks. Yes I
agree "typo's" confuse newbie's, but I think they are adult enough to choose
which IP subnet they want to use. And isn't this a forum for newbie
questions/problems/mistakes????
If you are SOOOOOO knowledgable please excuse yourself from our newbieness,
and hop on over to the expert list.
My $0.02 worth.
Jaguar
"Stephen F. Bosch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mark Chaikelson wrote:
> >
> > If I'm interpreting what you said correctly ...
> >
> > First set up the linux gateway to receive its Internet connection (from
campus) on
> > eth0. Once you've tested that and ensured that your Internet connection
is working
> > on the Linux gateway, then set up eth1 to be some virtual ip address. For
example,
> > in my network, I have eth0 set up as the IP address given to me from a
cable modem
> > connection, and then eth1 is set to 192.168.0.1
>
> This is good so far...
>
> > The other computers in my network, which get their Internet connection
through the
> > linux gateway are 192.16.8.0.2 - 102.168.0.5.
>
> Whoa whoa whoa WHOA!
>
> Is there something in the water?
>
> The first address has *5* (count 'em) octets -- that's a completely
> illegal address -- and the second one has got to be a typo -- these two
> addresses are on different networks.
>
> People, *please* - if you're going to start fiddling with gateways and
> masquerading, get a decent book on the fundamentals of TCP/IP first! You
> can't administer a gateway server unless you do -- you're just asking
> for trouble.
>
> Let's go over it again, just to be sure.
>
> The three private networks are, in order of size:
>
> 10.0.0.0 (class A)
> 172.16.0.0 (class B)
> 192.168.0.0 (class C (there are actually a set of them))
>
> And yes, before everybody hollers "it was just a typo!" - typos ARE bad
> because they completely confuse newbies and just create a lot of misery
> for everybody.
>
> I don't like people using anything but Class C addresses for home
> networks. You do NOT need a Class A (16 MILLION addresses) network to
> run 3 machines on your home LAN! If you do use one you make it much
> easier to screw something up and make the whole thing not work.... and
> with some people using Class Bs and some using Cs, you get people
> writing this:
>
> "Machine A has an IP of 172.168.2.10 and my gateway is 192.168.0.1 -- it
> doesn't work! Please help!"
>
> If you don't know what a network class is or what it means, or what the
> difference between a network and a node address is, *get a book on
> TCP/IP*.
>
> -Stephen-
The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma.
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