i believe 255.255.255.255 means itself and thats all. No other hosts.
it would mean the broadcast is same as the IP.
I just want to be able to use some IP's (which are not in a row) with my
domU.
For example, i can start eth0:0 and eth0:1
Can i not assign one of these to a domU?
Molle Bestefich wrote:
>
> Mooktakim Ahmed wrote:
>> No one has any idea how to solve this?
>
> Change the subnet mask ;-).
>
> Seriously, 255.255.255.255 sounds odd.
> The smallest usable subnet is 255.255.255.252. Seeing as the lower IP
> address in the subnet designates the network itself, and the highest
> IP in the subnet is per definition the broadcast address,
> 255.255.255.254 doesn't seem usable, and 255.255.255.255 certainly
> doesn't.
>
> I'm not an expert, so take it with a grain of salt. I don't know what
> your kernel does with it's routing tables etc. when you choose
> 255.255.255.255, and I don't know if perhaps you're right and you've
> got the correct subnet mask. But it definitely sounds very odd.
>
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