Re: [cobalt-users] Raq2 Network IP Address Configuration

[Andreas Banze <andreas@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue Jul 29, 2003 - 07:00:04AM, Gerald Waugh wrote:

> > I have been assigned  block of public IP addresses that do not have
> > traditional 8 bit boundaries.  Here is what I have been assigned -
> >
> > 207.142.10.101 Gateway /29
> > 207.142.10.102 MIA-9012
> > 207.142.10.103 MIA-9012
> > 207.142.10.104 MIA-9012
> > 207.142.10.105 MIA-9012
> > 207.142.10.106 MIA-9012
> > 207.142.10.107 Broadcast
> >
> > Subnet: 255.255.255.248

Daryll, that is really the network your ISP has assigned to you?
Either they're incompetent or they have invented something new. /29 as
netmask means that the starting address needs to be something multiple 8 (so
the raq is correct, 96 is a valid network address, 104 as well - 100 is not)

> > 207.142.10.96 Gateway /29
> > 207.142.10.97 MIA-9012
> > 207.142.10.98 MIA-9012
> > 207.142.10.99 MIA-9012
> > 207.142.10.100 MIA-9012
> > 207.142.10.101 MIA-9012
> > 207.142.10.102 Broadcast

103 is broadcast (6 usable addresses in the net, one for the gateway so 5
for your server(s))

>   The 0's are the allowed addresses, 8 of them
>   The network should be 207.142.10.100 (the lowest address)
>   The broadcast address is 207.142.10.107 (the highest address)
>   leaving you with 5 useable IP addresses
> 
>    207.142.10.100 (000) Network
>    207.142.10.101 (001) Gateway
>    207.142.10.102 (010) Useable
>    207.142.10.103 (011) Useable
>    207.142.10.104 (100) Useable
>    207.142.10.105 (101) Useable
>    207.142.10.106 (110) Useable
>    207.142.10.107 (111) Broadcast

Except for the 100-107 range this is correct (but some ISP use the last
usable network address as Gateway address, not the first).

> Set your raQ up to use the above addresses
> At ControlPanel->Network
>   Default Gateway 207.142.10.101
>   IP Address      207.142.10.102
>   Subnet Mask     255.255.255.248

Wont work, you can't move the "network window" to your liking, it is fixed
to a multiple of 8 (0,8,16,24,32...88,96,104,112...248).

Daryll, I advise you to ask your ISP for the correct information. If he
still gives you 207.142.10.100/29 as the correct _network_ address, there's
something wrong and you should try to reach someone with a little bit more
technical knowledge.

MfG
Andreas Banze

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