> From: Gaetano Mendola [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I think I have to discard also the addresses with last octet > equal to 256. > > Any comments ? >
Any octet that contains a number less than 0 or greater than 255 should be suspect. Assuming you really meant 255: It would be perfectly legal for an entity on the internet to have a block of addresses with a subnet mask of less than 24 bits, which leads to legal addresses that end in 255. For example, if your company/university/black helicopter squad needed about 500 servers with direct presence, you might be assigned a block like 123.45.6.0/23. So the network address would be 123.45.6.0, the broadcast address would be 123.45.7.255, and everything in between, including 123.45.6.255 and 123.45.7.0, would be available for your servers. HTH, Paul ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
