[NTLUG:Discuss] network masks

[Cameron]

* rusty at fe2o3.lonestar.org [2000.07.20 09:36]:
: Cameron wrote:
:     >Okay, after banging my head against the wall, I still don't have a firm
:     >grasp on network masks like the following:
:     >
:     >  type              address/mask    netmask
:     >  ----              ------------    -------
:     >  Class B Private   172.16.0.0/12   255.15.0.0
:     >  Class E Reserved  240.0.0.0/5     31.0.0.0
:     >  IANA Reserved     96.0.0.0/4      15.0.0.0
:     >  IANA Reserved     220.0.0.0/6     63.0.0.0
: 
: Your masks are wrong -- bits are "filled in" from the MSBit.
: <snip />
: -- 
: 	-Rusty-

doh!  excellent.  thank you for clearing that part up.
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