On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 01:22:31AM +0200, Martin F Krafft wrote: > also sprach dman (on Sat, 01 Sep 2001 07:08:38PM -0400): > > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 11:51:57PM +0200, Joerg Huber wrote: > > > > | > ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 up > > > > This doesn't look right to me. 0.0.0.0 would be the broadcast address > ^^^^^^^^^ > network > > 0.255.255.255 would be the broadcast for 0/8 <mode="nitpicking"> Actually, in older BSD net code the network was also the broadcast address. This still works on some IP stacks (try pinging your network address sometime). </mode> -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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