Subject: Re: netmask/broadcast questions
To: SamMaEl" , "Robert Nestor <rnestor@metronet.com>
From: wb2oyc <WB2OYC@BELLATLANTIC.NET>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/31/1997 17:20:39
>IPs 192.168.1.*               # with 1-4 being used
>netmask 255.255.255.0         # which for a class C subnet SHOULD be right?
>broadcast 255.255.255.192     # ?? no clue on this one...
>
>	So, for the above setup, 1) is the netmask I set correct, and 2)
>what the &*(^ would my broadcast be? ;-) I'm going to re-ifconfig here in
>a sec, so we'll see if it works... heh ;-)
Ryan,
     Yeah, thats fine, it just means your network usable addresses
are 1-62.  Your mask is making your private network 192.168.1.0-63.
.63 would be the broadcast address, 0 is the network itself.  Any
address ending in .64 or above is another subnet of the 192.168.1
network with the mask you've chosen to use.  The mask ending in 192
divides that 256 host network into four subnets of 64 each.

Paul