anyone knows about network

[Kevin Cummings]

ann kok wrote:
> Hi 
> 
> i want to subscribe about network mailing list
> 
> Do you know about it?
> 
> and do you know about this address meaning?
> 
> inet addr:0.0.0.6  Bcast:255.255.255.255

According to whois:

> whois 0.0.0.6
> [Querying whois.arin.net]
> [whois.arin.net]
> 
> OrgName:    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority 
> OrgID:      IANA
> Address:    4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
> City:       Marina del Rey
> StateProv:  CA
> PostalCode: 90292-6695
> Country:    US
> 
> NetRange:   0.0.0.0 - 0.255.255.255 
> CIDR:       0.0.0.0/8 
> NetName:    RESERVED-1
> NetHandle:  NET-0-0-0-0-1
> Parent:     
> NetType:    IANA Special Use
> Comment:    Please see RFC 3330 for additional information.
> RegDate:    
> Updated:    2002-10-14
> 
> OrgAbuseHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN
> OrgAbuseName:   Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number 
> OrgAbusePhone:  +1-310-301-5820
> OrgAbuseEmail:  abuse at iana.org
> 
> OrgTechHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN
> OrgTechName:   Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number 
> OrgTechPhone:  +1-310-301-5820
> OrgTechEmail:  abuse at iana.org
> 
> # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2008-03-18 19:10
> # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

Are you absolutely sure it isn't 10.0.0.6?
Class A network 10.0.0.0 is a testing network these days (since the 
breakup of the ARPA net).  Similar to the 192.168.0.0 Class C network. 
There is also a Class B network too.  Rules should be for local routing 
only, no global routing rules for these networks.  That way any sight 
can use them locally, but they should not conflict with each other over 
the internet.

> it is automatically assigned from the system?

Check with the assigning authority (DHCP server?) to be sure.
Maybe it was supposed to be 10 and someone mis-typed it into the router....

> Thank you
> 
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr
> 00:1B:21:07:A5:94  
>           inet addr:0.0.0.6  Bcast:255.255.255.255 
> Mask:0.0.0.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::21b:21ff:fe07:a594/64
> Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500 
> Metric:1
>           RX packets:3944052 errors:0 dropped:0
> overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:4959117 errors:0 dropped:0
> overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
>           RX bytes:2610056956 (2.4 GiB)  TX
> bytes:4864161519 (4.5 GiB)
>           Base address:0xec00 Memory:fdc00000-fdc20000

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Kevin J. Cummings
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