Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Multi-Networking in Linux - Multiple Subnets Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:51:48 +0200 Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <114fdad$1trk7$1@news1.tnib.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net TPH264ZGhHVArgLLKpbA1QCymV0Udst6YOnHO4InhrIXZ1PJ7f Cancel-Lock: sha1:yqf8M2xP1ohTD1KRb7XZH2bIQW8= sha256:x5eiLaG8dWaaPbaNUPTgIdhQRYjdSOvFpM6Ivc7DMPo= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <114fdad$1trk7$1@news1.tnib.de> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:89330 On 2026-07-30 13:42, Marc Haber wrote: > "Carlos E. R." wrote: >> eth0: flags=4163 mtu 1500 >> inet 192.168.2.9 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 192.168.255.255 > > Using the entire 192.168.0.0/16 range for a single home network is a > sure sign of a person not knowing too much about networking or an > incompetent ISP. > >> Works for me as above :-) > > Until the moment you'd want to connect to another network. LOL. I asked just now ChatGPT for the ranges, and it said: | Private range | CIDR notation | Number of addresses | Common use | | --------------------------------- | ---------------- | ------------------: | ----------------------------------------------- | | **10.0.0.0 – 10.255.255.255** | `10.0.0.0/8` | 16,777,216 | Large enterprise networks, cloud infrastructure | | **172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255** | `172.16.0.0/12` | 1,048,576 | Medium to large private networks | | **192.168.0.0 – 192.168.255.255** | `192.168.0.0/16` | 65,536 | Home routers and small office networks | Notice the last line... :-D -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ESπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ, EUπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί;