-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:31:00 -0500, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 06:03:37PM +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > On 17 Nov 2002 07:44:38 -0500, Doug Potter wrote: > > > > Actually that is a class B address. > > > > > > The first octet of a class A is 1-126 (127 reserved for loop back) > > > class B is 128-191 > > > class C is 192-223 > > > > since 172 is between the ranges of 128-191 that would make it > > > class B > > > > Class B subnet 255.255.0.0 or /16 > > > The step from Class B to /16 is beyond me. If memory serves > > correctly, the Class B subnet in RFC1918 is 172.16.0.0/12 > > which would be netmask 255.240.0.0. > > No no no... This is totally wrong. > > RFC 1918 has nothing to do with the old and deprecated classful > address system. 172.16.0.0/12 is one of the ranges (that happens to > be in the old Class B address space) for private addresses. Unfortunately, you've completely misunderstood my comment in your 2nd (longer) reply. I got the merging of the 16 subnets wrong resulting in a bad combined netmask for all private subnets in Class B. Such multi-tasking mistakes can happen, and in this thread I've never intended to replace networking literature. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE92AOB0iMVcrivHFQRAv9RAJ9wkFJUQ6RahPxuD/nc3EDfpd63jgCcCNXy WUHHqOGf8QZBupLOL5wfFnY= =A2Uf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
