cannedtuna@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoSubnet Masklemmy.worldimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down123
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minus-squaregiacomo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 days ago255.255.255.252 for your significant other
minus-squaresomenonewho@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoI don’t need a gateway or broadcast to talk to my SO just .0 for me and .1 for them
minus-squarekn33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoYeah but then you don’t have ARP and you gotta set in the MAC manually and that just seems like a hassle.
minus-squarelibewa@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI think you both have an off-by-one error there. It‘s /32 for one device and /31 for 2 devices (selected by the last bit). It feels wrong to have /32 be the entire adress space btw.
minus-squarein_my_honest_opinion@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day ago/32 is often used in static IP networks that face the public, I do it with direct point to point VPNs all the time.
255.255.255.252 for your significant other
I don’t need a gateway or broadcast to talk to my SO just .0 for me and .1 for them
Yeah but then you don’t have ARP and you gotta set in the MAC manually and that just seems like a hassle.
I think you both have an off-by-one error there. It‘s /32 for one device and /31 for 2 devices (selected by the last bit). It feels wrong to have /32 be the entire adress space btw.
/32 is often used in static IP networks that face the public, I do it with direct point to point VPNs all the time.