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On Tue 09 Aug 2005 13:11:46 BST , Nigel Hamilton <nigel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Does this look sane?
Nope.
Ouch.
No pain intended :)
MTU=1480
NETMASK=255.255.255.255
BOOTPROTO=none
BROADCAST=66.98.1.255
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I actually copied this from my old cluster config. What are the
ramifications of an incorrect broadcast address?
That depends; in this case probably very little actually. In the wider
case, incorrect broadcasts cause all sorts of shenanigans - especially
on Windows AD networks where you want to physically separate AD or WINS
domains, incorrect broadcast addresses can result in all manner of
information leakage. But that's not relevant here.
Graeme so just to confirm - I need to set the BROADCAST address for
LVS TUN to point back to the VIP?
Correct.
Here's the simple explanation: the network and broadcast addresses for
a given netmask correspond to the first and last addresses (not
_usable_ addresses) in that range.
For a netmask of 255.255.255.0 - a /24 network with which most people
are most familiar - the last octets of these addresses are 0 and 255.
Using 10.26.101.130 as an example:
10.26.101.130 mask 255.255.255.0 : network 10.26.101.0, broadcast
10.26.101.255
10.26.101.130 mask 255.255.255.128 : network 10.26.101.128, broadcast
10.26.101.255
10.26.101.130 mask 255.255.255.192 : network 10.26.101.128, broadcast
10.26.101.191
...and so on down to...
10.26.101.130 mask 255.255.255.252 : network 10.26.101.128, broadcast
10.26.101.131
10.26.101.130 mask 255.255.255.254 : network 10.26.101.130, broadcast
10.26.101.131 [Only useful as a point-point link]
10.26.101.130 mask 255.255.255.255 : network 10.26.101.130, broadcast
10.26.101.255
So a /32 netmask, equating to 255.255.255.255, is a network of one
address - this sounds counterintuitive but is often the best way to add
VIPs to local adapters, amongst other things. It's also used as a route
injection hack in various routing protocols when you want most of a
block in one building or location, but specific /32 prefixes elsewhere.
So it sounds weird but it makes perfect sense :)
Put "CIDR calculator" into Google and have a play with some of the
online ones.
HTH
Graeme
IPADDR=66.98.227.143
NETWORK=66.98.227.143
And the NETWORK should also point to the VIP?
Nige
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