RE: subnet mask question [7:35357]

Yeah, if you ping any 127.X.X.X for a workstation, you should get a reply from the loopback. That entire class A is reserved for loopback addresses. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=35402&t=35357 -- FAQ, list archiv

Re: subnet mask question [7:35357]

If you look at 127.0.0.0 in binary, it's a class A. ""Simon Yang (ITeX)"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > We know that 127.0.0.1 is for loopback. > If we need to assing a subnet mask for it, what the number should be. > for Class A, the noraml subnet mask is 255.0