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What does "network" mean in the /etc/network/interfaces file?

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In Linux, to define aliases, we have to modify .. Something like this: What does mean here?

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auto eth0:1
iface eth0:1 inet static
address 192.168.1.60
netmask 255.255.255.0
network x.x.x.x
broadcast x.x.x.x
gateway x.x.x.x

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For your case, network is , which means your ip address is in the network range, 192.168.1.0 to 192.168.1.255 You can always get your network base address easily by doing , where is logical AND.

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