Quoting Colin Cashman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I don't know what all this is about. Still, it woke me up.
You've made me feel guilty. I would have expressed myself better if I'd known you were going to this trouble. > I was just reading this in one of the TCP/IP books I have, so I'll > take a stab at explaining it (and let somebody else explain the > errors). > The host portion always comes first. Somebody might assigned you the > block of IP addresses 45.67.0.1 - ^ You'd need 0 as well (i.e. the network address). > Class B networks had a 16-bit host and a 16-bit network value, such > as 45.67.xxx.xxx (in the example in ^^ This would be higher (128--191). > Class C networks had a 24-bit host and an 8-bit network value > (45.67.112.xxx). ^^ And higher still (192--224). I was surprised, when I was browsing in a bookshop recently, that New Riders' "Planning for Windows 2000" seemed to know no more than this. Nothing about classless IP. Thanks, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.