On Wed, 2011-02-09 at 19:41 +0100, Axel Dörfler wrote: > > Also, I noticed that the Broadcast address is being calculated > > incorrectly by ifconfig... > > > > /dev/net/broadcom570x/0 > > Hardware type: Ethernet, Address: 00:15:60:c0:17:a5 > > Media type: 100 MBit, 100BASE-TX > > inet addr: 10.21.16.87, Bcast: 10.255.255.255, Mask: 255.255.254.0 > > Since 10.* is a class A network, that looks correct to me. weel.. there's the problem :) As the netmask is 255.255.254.0, and the IP is 10.21.16.87, the broadcast should be at the top of the 10.21.16 subnet range (10.21.17.255) -- Thanks! -Alexander von Gluck IV GPG/C32E7686