incorrect broadcast address.
Robert G. (Doc) Savage
dsavage at peaknet.net
Sat Nov 15 20:29:37 UTC 2003
On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 12:51, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> The network programs on out FC1 machine is calculating the wrong
> broadcast address. For a machine with ip: 131.194.131.27 and
> netmask: 255.255.192.0 the broadcast address should
> be: 131.194.191.255
>
> However, running ifconfig eth0 I get Bcast:255.255.191.255
>
> This causes problems with commands that do broadcasts.
>
> Can anyone comment on this or indicate a cure for this error.
Aaron,
Here's a datapoint where it works correctly. I have four systems in a
192.168.1.0 network behind a gateway router providing NAT and reserved
DHCP services:
# ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:47:90:C2:D7
inet addr:192.168.1.4 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
(blah blah blah...)
Are you using static addressing? If not, what does your DHCP server
config look like?
--Doc Savage
Fairview Heights, IL
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