Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!husc6!rice!sun-spots-request From: tktk@physics.att.com (Terry Kovacs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: Subnetting and Routing Problems Keywords: Networks Message-ID: <634@brazos.Rice.edu> Date: 28 Jul 89 13:39:59 GMT Sender: root@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 12 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 90, message 3 of 9 > After installing Class B Internet numbers with a subnet mask of > 255.255.254.0 we encountered problems with routing. Perhaps somebody out > there can give us a hint. During a recent subnet conversion there was real confusion about what the "proper" broadcast address should be. Some gateways were using 1's in the machine address and others 0's. Sun's ifconfig allows you to specify the broadcast address and defaults to machine address 0's. I don't know if that's your problem, but it's worth looking into. Terry Kovacs AT&T BL Murray Hill