On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:11 PM, J. Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:03 PM, John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > So 0xffffffff would indicate a network with no hosts on it and thus it > > is not a valid netmask. > > > > yup, but sometime we need a 255.255.255.255 netmask to forbit the host > don't reply to any ARP requests.
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