How to access the address sucn as 10.0.0.225?

Bernhard Kastner wrote:

> Kimmo Koivisto schrieb:
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>> #route add -host 10.0.0.255 gw 202.102.224.68
>>
>
> bad idea when switching his internal network to a 10.x net or going to a
> LAN-Party with a 10.x net ;)

He was asking for it :) and route command affects only to one host, so most
of the LAN-party machines should be accessible :)

Regards
Kimmo

Kimmo Koivisto schrieb:
>
> He was asking for it :) and route command affects only to one host, so most
> of the LAN-party machines should be accessible :)

BTW: I was just wondering how a host could have an IP of x.x.x.255

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Bernhard Kastner wrote:
> Kimmo Koivisto schrieb:
>
>>He was asking for it :) and route command affects only to one host, so most
>>of the LAN-party machines should be accessible :)
>
>
> BTW: I was just wondering how a host could have an IP of x.x.x.255

By not having a netmask of 255.255.255.0. If the netmask was
255.255.0.0, the "host number" part of the address is not all 1's.

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Bernhard Kastner wrote:
> Kimmo Koivisto schrieb:
>
>>
>> He was asking for it :) and route command affects only to one host, so
>> most
>> of the LAN-party machines should be accessible :)
>
>
> BTW: I was just wondering how a host could have an IP of x.x.x.255

If the netmask for the IP address is such that more than the low order 8 bits
are significant as host ids, then it is possible to have a host of x.x.x.255,
and not conflict with the broadcast address.

I.e.

With network 10.0.0.0 and netmask 255.255.254.0, IP address 10.0.0.255 is a
host, but IP address 10.0.1.255 is the broadcast on the same subnet.


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It is 10.0.0.225.Not 10.0.0.255

Bernhard Kastner wrote:

> Kimmo Koivisto schrieb:
>>
>> He was asking for it :) and route command affects only to one host, so
>> most of the LAN-party machines should be accessible :)
>
> BTW: I was just wondering how a host could have an IP of x.x.x.255
>

That would depend entirely on the subnet mask. for example, x.x.0.255/23 is
a valid host address, but x.x.0.255/24 would be a broadcast address.

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