Re: whats wrong with my IP address?

Dave Wreski (tel1dvw@is.ups.com)
Wed, 20 Nov 1996 01:56:07 -0500 (EST)

On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Paul Christenson wrote:
>
> Other than being assigned to the Oulu Telephone Company in Finland,
> nothing. What do you mean by "not really being on the internet"? Either
> you are, or you are not. If there is _ANY_ chance that your packets can
> get out onto the net, then you should use one of the reserved net blocks.

I am connected to the internet, but thru ppp, and a firewall and proxy.
This only adds to the confusion, which is why I didn't mention it before.

>
> The one that I use locally is 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255.

Which now that you mention it, is what I'm going to use.

> If you are trying to use 192.107.200.0 as a station address, that's why
> things are not working. The .0 and .255 addresses are reserved.

No. I understand it represents a network address.

Thanks,
Dave Wreski