> > 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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