Neil Cherry said: > 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). It is called CIDR(Classless Inter-Domain Routing) >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. > > -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site > http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog > http://home.comcast.net/~ncherry/ Backup site > > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > ------------------------------------------------ David Maina. Systems/Network Administrator. PdE-Kenya. P. O. Box 1239 - 20100. Nakuru, Kenya. Telephone:+254-51-850298/850333. Cell:+254-721-950073. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "By golly, I'm beginning to think Linux really *is* the best thing since sliced bread."
