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From: Josiah Jenkins 
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Subject: Re: Help with Network Settings in 6.06, Puleeez !
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Whilst perusing Usenet on 4 Mar 2007 23:20:27 GMT, I read these words
from Joe LaVigne  :

>On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:12:17 +0000, Josiah Jenkins wrote:
>
>> Whilst perusing Usenet on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:49:55 GMT, I read these
>> words from SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid> :
>> 
>>>* Josiah Jenkins wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
>>>
>>>[...]
>>>
>>>> Connection
>>>> Network Name = usr9106 - (USR9106 Wireless router)
>>>> Key type = Hexadecimal
>>>> WEP = 
>>>> Configuration = Static IP Address
>>>> IP Address = 192.168.1.xx - T21 Laptop with Ubuntu install
>>>> Subnet mask = 255.255.255.0
>>>> Gateway address 192.168.1.aa - USR9106 Wireless router
>>>
>>>I cant really help, sorry, but I can tell you it is not necessary to
>>>mask 192.xxx.xxx.xxx. 
>> 
>> Subnet mask is entered automagically !
>
>What he meant is you needn't use 192.168.1.xx.
> It would be perfectly fine to put 192.168.1.17
>(or whatever) in a post, since from outside of your
>network, the address isn't reachable.  Private IP's
>(192.168, 172.17, 10.) are not routable.

Aaah, I misunderstood. When SINNER used 'mask'
I assumed he was referring to the Subnet mask !

What he (and you) are saying is that I don't need to
bother disguising my IP addresses ?

-- jjj


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