[ubuntu-uk] [OT] Basic network gateway server setup

[Tyler J. Wagner]

On Wednesday 01 Sep 2010 09:29:35 Cornelius Mostert wrote:
> 1 thing that no one mentioned as yet that might be obvious is the Subnet
> Mask.
> I have a similar setup but are using 2 routers and I found that the DHCP
> router needs to tell the clients that:
> 1. The Default Gateway should be the router connected to the Internet
> 2. Subnet Mask for the clients must be 255.255.0.0

The subnet mask for the clients should be whatever their subnet size is, which 
for a typical NAT router is almost always /24 (255.255.255.0). If you have a 
/16 subnet (255.255.0.0), that is fairly atypical for a home router.

Regards,
Tyler

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