On Monday 03 July 2006 09:47, ravisagar(a)gmail.com wrote:
I have two boxes at home. One running windows xp and other running
FC4. I would like to connect them two together in a network using
cross wire RJ45.
Can I connect them using the usual method by assigning 192.168.0.1
to the first and 192.168.0.2 to the second. With Subnet Mask
255.255.255.0
Of course it doesn't really matter, but why assign a /24 to a
point-to-point link? (Cross-over cable.) Assign a /30. For example:
xp: 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.252 bcast 192.168.1.3
fc4: 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.252 bcast 192.168.1.3
Now you still have *most* of 192.168.1.0/24 to assign to other
networks.
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