Sevatio wrote: > > I've got a syntax question. I'm trying to tell one of my xinetd Swat > file to allow access from all 192.168.0.* IP addresses but it doesn't > seem to understand the '*'. So I looked at an example in > Mandrakeuser.org and they used 192.168.0.0/24. What does the slash 24 > signify in 192.168.0.0/24? > > TIA, > Sevatio > You can also use "192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0". In both examples, yours and mine, everything on the right of the "/" indicates your submask, and is a range of IP's starting at 192.168.0.0, going all the way to 192.168.0.255. I hope this makes sense. Hopefully, someone else might chime in with a little greater clarity. drjung
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