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Old 04-25-2012, 09:07 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by hawhill View Post
knc1: we're talking about USB networking here. It's IP networking over a P2P interface. Of course it might be configurable on the Kindle, but it defaults to a certain IP address on the USB network interface and it _will_ have a netmask and route set. And it's very probably a /24 subnet (where /31 or for conservatives, /30 would have been sufficient). So for now, "match the first three octets" _is_ a technical requirement. The Kindle would not interface with addresses outside its network. You would need to set explicitly a new netmask or at least proper routes on the Kindle to overcome this.
Ah, but I was writing of the non-Kindle end of the connection.
Which was where the apperant conflict in the quoted passage occured.

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Originally Posted by hawhill View Post
That part where you write over moving the Kindle's IP address does not really make sense to me or is somewhat incomplete. Putting the Kindle in the right subnet isn't enough. It would also need a proper default route. Doesn't really make sense to me for USB networking, since you would also need to bridge your LAN to the USB network interface on the host PC. I don't see the point here, routing on the host PC would be sufficient.
Of course it is incomplete.
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