RE: Wireless Internet
February 26, 2009 at 2:35 am
(This post was last modified: February 26, 2009 at 2:36 am by leo-rcc.)
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Ahem.
Basically you are correct, most private networks in peoples homes use a ip subnet that is in the 192.168.x.x range, with a subnet of 255.255.255.0 which means there is a maximum of 254 devices in that subnet. Routers are usually on 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.254 and they are quite often also the DNS name server.
However, since I make connection to various different networks I don't like to use that subnet so I took another reserved private subnet in the 172.16.x.x range, which is less common. That way I can much easier differentiate which network I am on.
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Darwinian, a lot of internet providers will happily replace your current modem with an integrated wireless one, is that not the simplest option for you?
Ahem.
Code:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:9f:d0:aa:63
inet addr:172.16.25.101 Bcast:172.16.25.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::2c0:9fff:fed0:aa63/64 Scope:LinkBasically you are correct, most private networks in peoples homes use a ip subnet that is in the 192.168.x.x range, with a subnet of 255.255.255.0 which means there is a maximum of 254 devices in that subnet. Routers are usually on 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.254 and they are quite often also the DNS name server.
However, since I make connection to various different networks I don't like to use that subnet so I took another reserved private subnet in the 172.16.x.x range, which is less common. That way I can much easier differentiate which network I am on.
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Darwinian, a lot of internet providers will happily replace your current modem with an integrated wireless one, is that not the simplest option for you?
Best regards,
Leo van Miert
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
Leo van Miert
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
