<div dir="auto">Glad to help David. It's very common, but can waste addresses. I'm open until 2 today, or first thing Monday to discuss. Give me a call when convenient.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Eric Lehto<br>ConvX Practice Director<br>303-884-1374 | <a href="mailto:eric@convx.com">eric@convx.com</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 12, 2020, 5:36 PM David L. Willson <<a href="mailto:dlwillson@thegeek.nu">dlwillson@thegeek.nu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div>This feels like a newbie question that should be obvious to me, but it's not obvious to me, so I'll ask.<br></div><div><br></div><div>If I have a subnet behind my router, and I want to put *part* of that subnet (a sub-subnet?) behind an interior router (sub-router?)... Can I do that?</div><div><br></div><div>Example (the actual case in point):<br></div><div><br></div><div>I have <a href="http://67.42.246.112/29" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">67.42.246.112/29</a>. It routes through 67.42.246.126. I have control of 67.42.246.126. It's not Linux, but it's not entirely brainless, either.</div><div><br></div><div>Is there a way for me to carve the upper or lower /28 (<a href="http://67.42.246.112/28" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">67.42.246.112/28</a> or <a href="http://67.42.246.120/28" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">67.42.246.120/28</a>) off into an interior subnet and put it behind an actual Linux box?</div><div><br></div><div>Come to look at it, I guess it would have to be the lower half, or I'd have to re-number my router. Not the end of the world, but no sense adding pointless work, either.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I know I lose three addresses in the process for the new network, router, and broadcast address, but is it *possible*? Does it work? If so, could I get a hand setting it up?</div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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