On Sun, Oct 18, 1998 at 01:55:18AM -0400, Ford Prefect pleaded:
% On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Glynn Clements wrote:
% > Marc Corel wrote:
% >
% > > I know I should do:
% > > ipfwadm -F -p deny
% > > ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0
% > > (if I want Internet access to all nodes of my local network adress
% > > 192.168.1.0)..
% > > But..what does the "24" number meanning??
% > It means a netmask of 24 ones, i.e. 255.255.255.0.
%
% I don't know too much about networking (read: I can get two computers to
% talk, I just don't know what they're saying). Is there some place on the
% web where I could learn a bit about things like this? I'm sure there's
% books out there on this subject, and I know I'll be taking a class on it
% sooner or later, I'd just like to know now :>
There are some good white papers on the subject at 3COM's web site,
http://www/3com.com.
Kurt
--
I'm so relieved that there wasn't an apostle named `Kurt'.
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