[Gllug] Networks and Red Hat

Xander D Harkness xander at harkness.co.uk
Fri Nov 16 11:39:50 UTC 2001


On Fri, 2001-11-16 at 11:56, David Damerell wrote:

> You mean 'e.g.', not 'i.e.'.
I agree :-)
> 
> Since 'last' IP address is a current convention, I don't think it's
> sensible to complain about Red Hat's installer.
> 
I was not complaining - just asking.

> [The broadcast address is effectively standard now. What's a
> 'broadcast source'? I would call the address with all host bits set to
> zero the 'network number'.]
Reading too many firewalling books at present where 0.0.0.0 is commonly
referred to as broadcast source.  

Cheers
Xander


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