[PLUG] Gateway address in Class C subnet

[Galen Seitz]

Carlos Konstanski wrote:
> Is it strictly necessary for the gateway of a class C subnet to have
> an address ending in .1, like 192.168.16.1?  I am about to install a
> router into an existing firewall-less network, and the guy who
> "administers" this network is telling me to assign the address
> 192.168.16.5 to the new router.  I want to tell him he is full of it,
> but I want to double-check my facts first, just in case he is a genius
> (he's either that, or something else).

No.  AFAIK, there's nothing magic about a router's IP address.  It's 
just common to use the lowest(or highest) available address.

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Galen Seitz
Seitz & Associates
galens at seitzassoc.com