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Re: conflicting network-cards?



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>

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