Linux-Hams archive - April 1997: Re: IP assignment

Re: IP assignment


Sun, 13 Apr 1997 17:06:12 +1000 (EST)

Charles W. Doolittle, N1SPX typed:
> OK, and knowing that noone else within 50 miles knows what TCPIP is, I
> wanted to use it to link my car (running Win 3.11) to my Linux box,
> running as an AX25 server...
>
> And knowing this, what is the easiest way to make sure I don't grab 2
> used addresses??????

If you are never going to be connected to anywhere else except your two
machines then I suggest using one of the private groups of addresses. This
are used for people who want to run TCP/IP but are not connected to the
internet.

Say 10.x.x.x where any x is between 0 and 255.

- Craig vk2xlz

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