On 18 Jun 2003, ethan zimmerman wrote:
> DSL) but i'm under the impresseion that i need to assign static IPs to
> the client machines (192.168.10.x) but i need to know things like subnet
> mask and gateway which i don't remember.
Well, you could assign static addresses, or use DHCP. Static assignment
is easier if you have only a handful of machines.
The subnet mask will be 255.255.255.0, unless you want to carve up your
network in some other way. That mask causes 192.168.10 to be interpreted
as the network part of the address, leaving the last octet (1-254)
available for host addresses.
The default gateway parameter will simply be the IP address of the machine
connected to the DSL line (it's customary to use .1 for a default router
address on a given network).
> also the client machines can ping 127.0.0.1 but that's just my little
> ethernet hub right?
127.0.0.1 is what's known as the "loopback" or "localhost" address. It
refers to the local machine on whatever machine you happen to be on. So
if you ping 127.0.0.1 from host A, you're pinging the loopback address on
host A, etc. It doesn't really have anything to do with your local
network, it's just a convenient way of referring to "myself" in IP.
You might want to look at ORA's "TCP/IP Administration" (I think that's the
title anyway). Available at your friendly local Barnes & Noble / Borders
/ Bookstop / Amazon.com. Probably a better introduction that any howto
will be.
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