FC6 and Network

[Neil Cherry]

Ferguson, Michael wrote:

>     This new FC6 install gets DHCP'd fine.
>     ifconfig confirms that it got 192.168.131.66/255.255.248.0
>     <http://192.168.131.66/255.255.248.0> however, I cannot ping any
>     other IP addresses on the LAN.

 > That netmask is correct for my class "C" network.

<Stickler mode=on>

Uhm, not it's not. 255.255.248.0 is not a class C it's a super net.
That may be correct for your super net.

</Stickler>

BTW, try doing (as root) a ping -b 255.255.255.255 . See what
responds.

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