Path: csiph.com!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Routers and Subnets Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:34:05 +0200 Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <11899tm$1nq2r$1@dont-email.me> <118a834$2247u$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net NPS3bGc91R15dQVzX1ocjwICHFg+FgF/Lg6h2BRZXURbW1DTvt Cancel-Lock: sha1:jI2jB+cnNO13oYJfHzpqOXTlM7g= sha256:q2P/4udixegX8M/Pi/mdD78Vx9dG9TgYj4jz4kDvEFk= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <118a834$2247u$1@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:91495 On 2026-09-15 03:47, Rich wrote: > c186282 wrote: >> On 9/14/26 13:12, Rich wrote: >>> c186282 wrote: >>>> Breeched this subject a while ago - NOW it's becoming more relevant >>>> for me. >>>> >>>> My router is currently set for 255.255.255.0, ie /24 >>>> >>>> What I'm likely to NEED is /23 ... which will encompass 0.x AND 1.x >>>> >>>> NOT sure my router can deal with it, but it SEEMS the, technically, >>>> correct solution. >>> >>> Why don't you try and see? >> >> Did. Can't. You can set the IPV4 address to anything you want but >> the subnet box only lets you set the LAST digit. > > Presumably you meant "last octet" because last digit is not quite right > here. > > So it has a box 255.255.255.___ and you can only enter something in > ___. Yeah, you are stuck at most with a /24 with that. So your option > now would appear to be to obtain a router that will give you more > flexibility in how you configure it. Sometimes the web interface will not allow it, but the telnet or ssh interface does. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.