[ale] assigning ip to second interface

[Wandered Inn]

tewkewl at mindspring.com wrote:
> 
> A further note....
> 
> 192.168 is used for autoconfiguration when a client is unable to obtain an ip address from dhcp... It would be a safer bet to change the netwrok number now before you get too deep into experimenting... :)

Okay, someone set me straight.  I'm reading in front of me that Class C
private addresses are in the range of 192.168.0.0 through
192.168.255.255.  If this is correct, you shouldn't be seeing them via
dhcp.  Has something changed?

> 
> -Patrick
> 
> Ray Knight - Clientlink <rayk at clientlink.com> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Wandered
> > Inn
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 1:18 PM
> > To: ale at ale.org
> > Subject: Re: [ale] assigning ip to second interface
> >
> >
> > Okay, everyone slap me in the head.  Sure enough it is a typo.  I meant
> > to type 192.168.55.230.  Every time I looked at it I saw 230.
> > Fortunately I was too lazy to type the command in to the previous email,
> > so the cut and paste put in the exact thing that was getting passed
> > (320).  I've made it a valid ip, and now things are good.  Thanks for
> > pointing out the obvious.. :)
> >
> > Cleveland Flowe wrote:
> > >
> > > Wandered Inn wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Here is how it's called from the network script in /etc/rc.d/init.d:
> > > >
> > > > ifconfig eth0 192.168.255.220 broadcast 192.168.255.255 netmask
> > > > 255.255.255.0 up
> > > >
> > > > ifconfig eth1 "192.168.55.320 broadcast 192.168.55.255 netmask
> > > > 255.255.255.0 up
> > > >
> > > For eth1, 192.168.55.320 is not a valid address is this a typo?  This
> > > will give you the 'unknown host' error.
> >
> > --
> > Until later: Geoffrey         esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
> >
> > Microsoft != Innovation
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> As a software developer for 15 years I can't tell you how many times I've
> made a similar bone-headed error.  It's always nice to have someone else
> look things over, just for those times when you see what you thought you
> wrote, not what's there.
> 
> Ray Knight
> audilvr at speakeasy.org
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