On Monday 26 Aug 2002 2:06 am, you wrote: > On Sun, 2002-08-25 at 12:56, Miark wrote: > > > In some previous posts I have noticed people refering to their IP > > > address range as xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xx. > > > > > > Just curious as to what the /xx refers to. Is it some type of range? > > > > CIDR notation takes advantage of this numbering trick to represent the > > whole submask by only counting how many bits represent machine numbers. > > So 192.168.0.1/8 is 192.168.0.1/11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000 > > or 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0. > > Almost correct. The number to the right of the slash (e.g., the "24" in > something like "192.168.1.1/24") is the "prefix length" or number of > bits in the network number and subnet mask. > > This means that "192.168.0.1/8" really identifies host address > "192.168.0.1" from network "192" and subnet mask "255.0.0.0". > > Another example is "192.168.1.1/24". This specifies the network > "192.168.1", the subnet mask "255.255.255.0" and the host address > "192.168.1.1". >
Now I'm really confused. In my reading for my lan I was told that /24 was the correct entry for a class c network. My net is 192.168.0. with subnet mask 255.255.255.0 - are you saying that /24 is wrong? If so, what should it be? Anne
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