On 1/12/06, Neil Cherry <ncherry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Chasecreek Systemhouse wrote: > > On 1/12/06, John Austin <ja@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Odd looking netmask !!!! on first entry > >> Should it be 255.255.255.0 ? > > > > 255.255.252.0 is a sub-netting mask. > > In the old days that would be a supernet because the 192.168.x.x > is a class C (255.255.255.0). But that no longer holds true (and > for the life of me I can't remember the dang name, something like > classless). Today that would signify that the network 192.168.0.0 > covers the IP addresses 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.3.255. It is > a little odd if this is a home network. > Classess Interdomain Routing: CIDR -- WC -Sx- Jones | http://ccsh.us/ | Open Source Consulting
