question about my mask numbers

[abishere]

after installation i did a ifconfig and my mask numbers are at 255.255.248.0, i was woundering if that 248 should be 255, thats the way fedora 3 set it up.

also was woundering... isn't there a way to type ifconfig instead of having to type /sbin/ifconfig, like something to do with makin a symbolic link or something?

thanks for the help

[gtmtnbiker98]

Are you using DHCP info provided by your ISP? If so, leave the network mask alone. However, if you are using private IP addressing, this SM is subnetting and would "usually" take the form of 255.255.255.248 and not 255.255.248.0. Anyway, if you are setting up a network, I would stick with the usualy Class C SM of 255.255.255.0.

As for entering the ifconfig command without navigating to /sbin, when you enter the su commang, add a hyphen such as su - (note the dash/hyphen). This will put you in the root path.

[ynguyen]

after installation i did a ifconfig and my mask numbers are at 255.255.248.0, i was woundering if that 248 should be 255, thats the way fedora 3 set it up.

also was woundering... isn't there a way to type ifconfig instead of having to type /sbin/ifconfig, like something to do with makin a symbolic link or something?

thanks for the help

255.255.248.0 means you are using 21 bit subnet out of 32.

for example

10.30.40.0/255.255.248.0 has IP range of 10.30.40.1--> 10.30.43.255

10.30.40.0/255.255.255.0 has IP range of 10.30.40.1-->10.30.40.255