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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!olivea!grapevine.lcs.mit.edu!newsie.dmc.com!venus.os.com!jupiter From: craigs@os.com (Craig Shrimpton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can't traceroute to virtual hosts Date: Sun, 05 May 96 12:55:19 GMT Organization: Orbit Systems Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4mi8rg$obd@venus.os.com> References: <4mhaeg$f8@venus.os.com> <4mhsqd$dv6@itchy.serv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: jupiter.os.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 In article <4mhsqd$dv6@itchy.serv.net>, zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont) wrote: >That netmask looks a bit funny. You're saying that all the bits of the address >are significant for network and none for host. > Yeah, the netmask is really wierd since 0xffffffff translates to 255.255.255.255. This is how other people have told me to do it. If I use the normal mask for my subnet, 255.255.255.240, I get a "File exists" error. -Craig =================================================================== Orbit Systems Phone: 508-753-8776 400 Grove St. Email: craigs@os.com Worcester, MA 01605 http://www.os.com/