On 8/4/2005 8:53 AM, Mike Neal wrote: > Hi, > > Trying to help a student connect to Comcast via a cable modem: > > NETMASK=255.255.248.0 > IPADDR=24.20.92.89 > GATEWAY=24.20.88.1 > > It appears the gateway is on a different network. Is that allowed? No, but it isn't. That /21 mask has the range 24.20.88.0-24.20.95.255. It sure is insane though..