Re: [PLUG] Bridging two networks using linux

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

Bradley Molnar wrote:

> Is there anything stopping me from setting this new section to be 172.20.1.
> with the old section being 172.20.0. and then setting the subnet mask to be
> 255.255.0.0?  Would that work properly, or do I not remember my networking
> class very well?
>  

Isn't that a class B network which gives you over 64 thousand host 
addresses? 172.20.x.x  If so, 172.20.1.x and 172.20.0.x would be on the 
same net.

> As a side note, it wouldn't have been possible to set one card on the laptop
> to be something like 172.20.0.55 and the other to 172.20.0.56 and expect
> them to bridge at all, would it?
>  

If they're on the same network, why would they need to bridge anything?

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