quick question?

Thu Sep 17 04:34:37 UTC 1998

On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Kyle D. Smith wrote:

> their network, and need around 30 more ip addresses. I went ahead and
> allocated them the following IP address pool (207.66.81.144 ->
> 207.66.81.174 with network/brodcast address.) I attempted to use the new
> address on a Apple Macintosh (PowerMac 6500/75) and it erturned an error

Are you trying to set up that IP address block as one subnet or two?  That
IP block would be two valid /28s (207.206.81.144/28 and
207.206.81.160/28), but it isn't a valid /27.

hint:  For a valid /27 (block of 32 IP addresses), the last octet of the
network address needs to be a multiple of 32.

-Steve

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