new to linux

[Chris Hunter]

..0 in the last octet does always specify a network address, but its fine in
either the 2nd or 3rd octet, provided your subnet mask is at least  
255.255.255.0

Chris H.

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Cliff wrote:

> Well, I would start by checking if the NT box can ping the redhat box.
> If that doesn't work, then something more fundamental is going on
> (someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't 0 in an IP address only used
> when specifying an entire network like 192.168.0.0 ?).
> 
> I'm not sure what firewall rules you're looking for.  Typing ipchains -L
> will list the ipchains ruleset configuration.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Cliff
> 
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