Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 03:51:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 03:49:40 -0500 Received: from [165.139.124.200] ([165.139.124.200]:22736 "EHLO xinul2.hobart.k12.in.us") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 17:38:22 -0500 From: "Russell Mellon" To: Subject: IP address 10.1.1.0/16 not valid Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:39:37 -0600 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Why is it that the kernel seems to reject using the address 10.1.1.0 on a 255.255.0.0 netmask. That address isn't the broadcast address, 10.1.0.0 is. -Russ SHIFT TO THE LEFT! SHIFT TO THE RIGHT! POP UP, PUSH DOWN, BYTE, BYTE, BYTE! SHL! SHR! POP AX! PUSH AX! DB! DB! DB! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/