On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 19:02, Richard Urwin wrote: > On Saturday 13 Sep 2003 7:44 am, Damon Lynch wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 01:08, Miark wrote: > > > Out of curiosity, why /10 and not /24? How many nodes > > > are on your network? > > > > My network has just 2 PCs for desktop use, one as a web/mail server, > > and another as the firewall / gateway (running MNF). Do you > > recommend running /24 even with this few PCs, and if so, why? > > You are counting in the wrong direction. > /10 is 10 bits of network address and 22 bits of machine address. > (Netmask = 0xffc00000) > /24 is 24 bits of network address and 8 bits of machine address. > (Netmask = 0xffffff00) > > So the fewer machines you have the higher the /number can be.
Thanks for that! I wasn't just "counting in the wrong direction", I naively assumed that the /10 signified 192.168.1.1 up to 192.168.1.10 - which clearly was somewhat off the mark :) Thanks again Damon
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