On Tue September 1 2009 22:59:13 Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > Hi all, > Let a /etc/network/interfaces be, with these lines: > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.1.15 > network 192.168.1.0 > broadcast 192.168.1.255 > gateway 192.168.1.254 > > What is the role of 'network'? > I mean: > > If I am on a 192.168.1.8/27: > > address 192.168.1.8 > netmask 255.255.255.224 > > What to put as 'network'?
network = address & netmask, i.e. 192.168.1.0 broadcast = address | ~netmask, i.e. 192.168.1.31 However, in most cases you can safely omit both network and broadcast from /etc/network/interfaces as they are automatically calculated from the address and netmask. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
