Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

2023-04-29 Thread Val Kulkov via talk
On Sat, 29 Apr 2023 at 16:04, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > If I set up a router using the 192.168.1.1 I can access some 254 > distinct IP addresses from my router. > > If I set up a router using the 176.10.1.1 how many distinct IP > addresses can I access? > > (I'm thinking some 64k worth but

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

2023-04-29 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2023-04-29 21:18, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: On 2023-04-29 16:04, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: (My head is swimming with all the explanations on IP routing - - - have spent about 3 hours now looking at various documents - - - - I just can't find a clear answer. The first statement is my

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

2023-04-29 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2023-04-29 17:48, Scott Allen wrote: On Sat, 29 Apr 2023 at 17:39, James Knott wrote: That's only true because people have learned a lot of bad habits with IPv4. No, it's because IPv4 addresses are annotated as x.x.x.x Sticking with class size masks makes it easy to separate the network

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

2023-04-29 Thread Kevin Cozens via talk
On 2023-04-29 16:04, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: (My head is swimming with all the explanations on IP routing - - - have spent about 3 hours now looking at various documents - - - - I just can't find a clear answer. The first statement is my present network - - - I'm trying to figure out how to

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

2023-04-29 Thread Scott Allen via talk
On Sat, 29 Apr 2023 at 17:39, James Knott wrote: > That's only true because people have learned a lot of bad habits with IPv4. No, it's because IPv4 addresses are annotated as x.x.x.x Sticking with class size masks makes it easy to separate the network address part from the device address part.

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

2023-04-29 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2023-04-29 17:39, James Knott wrote: That's only true because people have learned a lot of bad habits with IPv4.  Also, originally, all IPv4 addresses had the same size subnet, /8.  As that allowed only 256 networks, address classes were introduced, to provide more, smaller networks.  Then

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

2023-04-29 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2023-04-29 16:39, Scott Allen wrote: Also, forget about address classes. They've been obsolete for over 30 years. That said, sticking with class sized masks and matching the network numbers for class based networks tends to simplify addressing and make things less confusing. That's only

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

2023-04-29 Thread Scott Allen via talk
On Sat, 29 Apr 2023 at 16:31, James Knott via talk wrote: > Also, forget about address classes. They've > been obsolete for over 30 years. That said, sticking with class sized masks and matching the network numbers for class based networks tends to simplify addressing and make things less

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

2023-04-29 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2023-04-29 16:04, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: If I set up a router using the 192.168.1.1 I can access some 254 distinct IP addresses from my router. If I set up a router using the 176.10.1.1 how many distinct IP addresses can I access? You're looking at the wrong numbers.  What determines

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

2023-04-29 Thread Alex Kink via talk
Here is an OK set of videos on how IPv4 addressing works: Pt. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddM9AcreVqY Pt. 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ3T14SIlV4 Pt. 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xlzlgYGqW8 Just try to not pay attention to his millennial bro-ism and excessive use of the

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

2023-04-29 Thread Scott Allen via talk
On Sat, 29 Apr 2023 at 16:04, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > If I set up a router using the 176.10.1.1 how many distinct IP > addresses can I access? Note that for a local private LAN, you shouldn't use 176.10.x.x The range allocated for private LANs is 172.16.x.x to 172.31.x.x Now it's time for

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

2023-04-29 Thread Dhaval Giani via talk
On Sat, Apr 29, 2023 at 13:04 o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > Greetings > > (My head is swimming with all the explanations on IP routing - - - > have spent about 3 hours now looking at various documents - - - - I > just can't find a clear answer. The first statement is my present > network - - -

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

2023-04-29 Thread Scott Allen via talk
On Sat, 29 Apr 2023 at 16:04, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > If I set up a router using the 176.10.1.1 how many distinct IP > addresses can I access? > > (I'm thinking some 64k worth but dunno!) Correct, except you can't use all 1s or all 0s as a host address, so 64k-2. -- Scott --- Post to this

[GTALUG] how many addresses possible

2023-04-29 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
Greetings (My head is swimming with all the explanations on IP routing - - - have spent about 3 hours now looking at various documents - - - - I just can't find a clear answer. The first statement is my present network - - - I'm trying to figure out how to move beyond the access of only 254

Re: [GTALUG] there is a solution! but.. continues wireless to ethernet adapter suggestions?

2023-04-29 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Thanks! Went back to check, a cat 6 at a cat5 price? 100 meters of Ethernet cable sounds like a prop for a stunt performance. Thanks everyone for your ideas and help. Kare On Sat, 29 Apr 2023, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 09:13:11PM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote:

Re: [GTALUG] there is a solution! but.. continues wireless to ethernet adapter suggestions?

2023-04-29 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 09:13:11PM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > And some of you can, with my joining in, laugh at its simplicity. > I located another outlet in the room serving as my office, where the > adapter is connected. > Suddenly I have the best Internet personally enjoyed in