Joe Smith said:
Works just fine if you are not using a /24 subnet.
For the netmask of 255.255.240.0 for a /20 subnet:
Or indeed a /8 :
[root@orpheus devel]# ifconfig vmnet8
vmnet8 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:08
inet addr:10.1.0.0 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
[root@orpheus devel]# ping 10.1.0.0
PING 10.1.0.0 (10.1.0.0) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.1.0.0: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.023 ms
64 bytes from 10.1.0.0: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.016 ms
--- 10.1.0.0 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.016/0.019/0.023/0.005 ms
[root@orpheus devel]# telnet 10.1.0.0 80
Trying 10.1.0.0...
Connected to 10.1.0.0 (10.1.0.0).
And:
[root@orpheus devel]# ifconfig vmnet1
vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:01
inet addr:10.1.0.255 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:45 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
[root@orpheus devel]# ping 10.1.0.255
PING 10.1.0.255 (10.1.0.255) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.1.0.255: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.025 ms
64 bytes from 10.1.0.255: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.020 ms
--- 10.1.0.255 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.020/0.022/0.025/0.005 ms
[root@orpheus devel]# telnet 10.1.0.255 80
Trying 10.1.0.255...
Connected to 10.1.0.255 (10.1.0.255).
I'm not quite sure what else I should have expected.
/J\