Perhaps your network engineer was thinking in relation to a Class C? In reality, you can have subnets where .3 is a broadcast... (/30) It's all relative to what subnet mask you are using for that particular IP address.
--------------------------- Jason H. Frisvold Senior ATM Engineer Engineering Dept. Penteledata CCNA Certified - CSCO10151622 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------- "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." -- Albert Einstein [1879-1955] -----Original Message----- From: Mat Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 2:59 PM To: Tim Musson; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RegEx to match Valid IP Address ok, maybe that is ok but I recently was told by a networking engineer that the last octet _shouldn't_ be 255. the first 3 can be i think. At 14:34 14/06/2002 -0400, Tim Musson wrote: >Hey Mat, > >My MUA believes you used NeoMail 1.25 >to write the following on Friday, June 14, 2002 at 9:04:54 AM. > >MH> actually, it should only be 1-254 inclusive as 255 is reserved for >MH> broadcast or other special addresses (sometimes not used atall). >MH> oficially the 255 node it ignored. > >I don't like it, but I have seen things like 10.255.0.13 > >-- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >MUA = TB! v1.60q (www.RitLabs.com/The_Bat) >Windows 2000 5.0.2195 (Service Pack 2) >You can't guard against the arbitrary! > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Matthew Harrison Internet/Network Services Administrator www.genestate.com This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of Genestate Systems UK unless specifically state. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that Genestate Systems UK monitors all e-mails send or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
