On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 08:59:13AM +0200, Harald Thingelstad wrote: > First: > The 10.x.x.x network range is, due to standard ip ranges, class A. > You have used a subnet mask to divide it into 2^16 sub-ip-ranges, using > four of them. > > So a simple solution might be (i've not actually done this) to treat it > like the class A network it actually is. > This requires reconfiguration of the windows machines however. (Or > multiple broadcast adresses, if possible.)
The real world hasn't used classful addressing for years. Ever hear of variable length subnetting? Try a whois on net 24 sometime. To "answer" the original question: what happens if you use the IP your sysadmin has assigned and set a default route pointing to the gateway for that /24? -- Nathan Norman "Eschew Obfuscation" Network Engineer GPG Key ID 1024D/51F98BB7 http://home.midco.net/~nnorman/ Key fingerprint = C5F4 A147 416C E0BF AB73 8BEF F0C8 255C 51F9 8BB7
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