Hmmmm, I sense hostility. I read Robert reply to mean "Class A with an
additional 16 bits of subnetting used." In other words, I thought Robert
said that the address was indeed class A, but that the provided subnet mask
meant the address was subnetted with 16 bits of netmask beyond the natural
mask of a class A (and 8 natural + 16 additional = 24 bits). Certainly
nothing there to cause such hostility in response from you. Maybe I read
too much into Robert's answer, though.
Randy Graham
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HUNGRY PIRANHA [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 3:40 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Class A or C??
>
> robert,
>
> what the )(*&^%$#@!
>
> oscar, you see what i mean about guyz who put the title behind names...
>
> the rant is not aimed at the list or at oscar...
>
> 255.255.255.0...is 16 bits...hmmm... okay let do the math.
>
> an ip address has 4 octets of 8 bits in length each
> xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx
>
> each x represents the binary 1=on or 0=off so...
> from left to right the decimal values of each column are..
>
> 128/64/32/16/8/4/2/1 = octet value
>
> if the column has a 1 in it then you add it to the next column
> to the right that has 1 in until you are done scanning.
> SO....
> an all '1's octet = 255 in binary notation.
>
> don't go away, robert....you need this...BAD..
>
> so a mask of 255.255.255.0 = 11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000
>
> hmmm...robert, are you sure of the answer you gave oscar..
>
> are you sure this is a class 'b' with 16 bits...???
>
> i dont think so...
>
> >From: "Robert MacDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: Class A or C??
> >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 15:47:37 -0400
> >
> >Class A, subnetted 16 bits.
> >
> >Yes.
> >
> > >We are configuring a PIX interface with the following Address/Subnet
> >Mask.
> > >They are 10.9.2.3/255.255.255.0
> > >
> > >Would this be Class A address? It is using private address space. Would
>
> >the
> > >subnet mask determine the network class?
> > >
> > >Thank you in advance.
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> > >Oscar Rau
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