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255.255.255.255 is perfectly normal for a dial-up - he only has 1 IP =
address, so he gets a /32 netmask. Thus, ONLY that IP is considered =
'local' by his machine. It is his knowledge and/or security software =
that's messed up, not your RAS.
Regards
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: emerald-request@iea-software.com =
[mailto:emerald-request@iea-software.com]On Behalf Of Kenneth Jaeger
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 11:22 PM
To: emerald@iea-software.com
Subject: [Emerald] netmask problems help please...
I received the following message from a client of mine.. I thought =
that when a customer dialed in we were suppose to give them a mask of =
255.255.255.255 so that they could not some how use other IP's on that =
class c network.
Any help or advise would be appreciated...
Ken
To whom it may concern:
I am running a Win2k machine, and connecting to you as my ISP. I am =
guessing you are running NT 4.0 boxes, or something similar, because I =
am receiving something strange. My subnet mask appears to be =
255.255.255.255 whenever I am connected to you. While this is normally =
impossible, it is happening, and it is interfering with some security =
software I am running. I would appreciate it if you could fix it. =
Included is the URL with the problem description and resolution as per =
Microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q261/4/89.ASP
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