> > I've got a syntax question. I'm trying to tell one of my xinetd Swat > > file to allow access from all 192.168.0.* IP addresses but it doesn't > > seem to understand the '*'. So I looked at an example in > > Mandrakeuser.org and they used 192.168.0.0/24. What does the slash 24 > > signify in 192.168.0.0/24? > > You can also use "192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0". In both examples, yours > and mine, everything on the right of the "/" indicates your submask, and > is a range of IP's starting at 192.168.0.0, going all the way to > 192.168.0.255. I hope this makes sense. Hopefully, someone else might > chime in with a little greater clarity. However, keep in mind that 192.168.0.0/24 means subnet 0 only (192.168.0.*), which I think was indeed your question. If what you really want is all LAN IPs in 192.168.*.*, then you would use 192.168.0.0/16 instead. Thanks... Dan.
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