Re: [Sheflug] Re: Network

[Darrell Blake <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cut me some slack this is my first contact with networks of any kind!

On Friday 03 May 2002 14:32, you wrote:
> And Lo! The Great Prophet "Darrell Blake" uttered these words of wisdom...
>
> >> Your main machine should be 192.168.0.2 and you firewall should be
> >> 192.168.0.1
> >
> > Is there any reason for this? I'm a bit confused as to why.
>
> No good reason beyond "convention", however I'd be tempted to put a
> gateway/firewall at .254 rather than .1 (and I was told that it makes more
> sense at the high end and given a reason which I've since forgotten :) )
> ... A machine can have any IP address you want it to, and that machine can
> do whatever you want. So if you want it at .2, feel free to keep it at .2 ,
> though you'll probably get people tell you it should really be at .1 or
> .254, it doesn't change the network logistics where it is.
> Chris...
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