On 02/09/2015 22:57, James wrote: > Last, I suggest a parallel learning of C/C++ as it really helps with > unix/linux/networking if can look at software sources and see what is going > on.
^this^, after the basics are fully mastered. netmasks make no sense at all until bitwise operators are fully understood. Even CIDR notation is not really obvious until you understand what languages like C do with the 32 bit words we call IP addresses. All x10 when IPv6 comes into play -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
