so if I want to get 258 is it 0.0.1.2 ? to Rick I got 510 coz I thought it's
a 0.0.255.255 since my understanding each octet equal to 1 if all bits in
that octet are up (1) sorry my mistake :)

Thanks to Matt :)

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Rick Mur <[email protected]> wrote:

> The explanation from Mark is the best! Should make things clear to you.
> I'm also pretty curious to how you get to 510 :-)
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Rick Mur
> CCIE2 #21946 (R&S / Service Provider)
> Sr. Support Engineer – IPexpert, Inc.
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>
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 5:35 AM, Matt Hill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> HI Uli,
>>
>> Thats not actually in decimal.  It's a 32 bit number in dotted decimal
>> notation.  Just like an IP address is normally dotted decimal, it can
>> also be one binary 32 bit number...
>>
>> 127.0.0.1 = 01111111.00000000.00000000.00000001
>>  = 0111111100000000000000000000001
>>
>> Which we can make into decimal
>>
>> 2130706433
>>
>> Try this one in your web browser and see what happens...
>>
>> 3494206055  :)
>>
>> So that's binary and decimal and dotted decimal explained...
>>
>> Same goes for OPSF areas...
>>
>> 0.0.1.1 = 00000000.00000000.00000001.00000001
>> = 100000001
>> = 257
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Matt
>>
>> CCIE #22386
>> CCSI #31207
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/10/20 Uli <[email protected]>:
>> > Hi guys
>> >
>> > I just watched IPexpert VOD and in ospf section scott say that we can
>> use
>> > binary instead of decimal for OSPF area. What make me confused is how
>> can
>> > 257 equal to 0.0.1.1 ? can someone please tell me how to calculate that
>> > number coz from I know  0.0.1.1 is 510 ?
>> >
>> > regards
>> >
>> > uli
>> >
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