On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 09:14:31PM +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > Shaul Karl wrote: > > > > What do you mean by different subnet? What are the other options, why > > he has to be shamed if this is not his setup and why would someone > > choose the wrong setup? > > IP addressing and routing is by subnet, as in subnet mask. If you AND > the IP address (as a 32 bit unsigned bigendian number) with the > subnetmask mask and the result is equal to the result of another address > the IP address are assumed to be on the same subnet. > > Because of the daisy chain routing, each segment should be on a > different subnet or the routing would be difficult.
Unless you use bridging. Linux can be quite easily configured as a bridge (only tested on debian). I have no idea about windows, though. -- Tzafrir Cohen +---------------------------+ http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------+ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
