Ticket #1663: lfs-svn-fix-ip-address-table.2.patch

chapter07/hosts.xml

@@ -23 +23 @@
   <secondary>/etc/hosts</secondary></indexterm>
 
   <para>If a network card is to be configured, decide on the IP address,
-  FQDN, and possible aliases for use in the
+  fully-qualified domain name (FQDN), and possible aliases for use in the
   <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file. The syntax is:</para>
 
 <screen><literal>&lt;IP address&gt; myhost.example.org aliases</literal></screen>
@@ -34 +34 @@
   address is in the private network IP address range. Valid ranges
   are:</para>
 
-<screen><literal>       Class Networks
-        A     10.0.0.0
-        B     172.16.0.0 through 172.31.0.255
-        C     192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.255</literal></screen>
+<screen><literal>Private Network Address Range      Normal Prefix
+10.0.0.1 - 10.255.255.254           8
+172.x.0.1 - 172.x.255.254           16
+192.168.y.1 - 192.168.y.254         24</literal></screen>
 
-  <para>A valid IP address could be 192.168.1.1. A valid FQDN for this
+  <para>x can be any number in the range 16-31. y can be any number in
+  the range 0-255.</para>
+
+  <para>A valid private IP address could be 192.168.1.1. A valid FQDN for this
   IP could be www.linuxfromscratch.org (not recommended because this is
   a valid registered domain address and could cause domain name server
   issues).</para>