Thank you, everyone, for your input.
dan jacobs
> On Wed, 4 Oct 1995, Daniel Jacobs wrote:
>
> > I have a class C (199.171.28) that my network is on, including both
> > portmasters. I have another class C (199.171.29) that has a subnet
> > of 240. One of the networks on the subnet is assigned to someone who
> > has a dedicated dial-up line on one of the portmasters. I assigned
> > the addresses thusly:
> >
> > The IP address he is assigned for the PM interface is 199.171.29.225
> > His network consists of 199.171.29.33-199.171.29.46
>
> don't really think this combo of numbers will work. Doesn't his router
> on his end do addressless PPP? I just spent recent evening hammering
> this problem out (wished Livingstons handled VLSM like my cisco...)
>
> Lose the 199.171.29.225 on the serial connection if at all possible
> (I did my testing to my portable which was running Linux). And to
> charm the PM into submission:
>
> add netmask 199.171.29.0 255.255.255.240
> add route 199.177.29.32 199.177.29.33
>
> First line tells the PM to chop up the C into pieces. Second
> line adds a route for the piece you're interested in to an
> address. Here I assumed you would use your first IP address
> in the subnet on the Ethernet (NIC) card of your routing box
> at the customers premises.
>
>
> -Matt Mannhardt (WL7CDE), mattm@alaska.net (Postmaster), support@alaska.net
> Internet Alaska, Inc. 4050 Lake Otis ste #107a, Anchorage Ak. 99508 562-4638
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>
>
>
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