RE: [OT] Who can explain this address scheme?

[mouss]

At 15:27 23/04/01 -0400, David Ishmael wrote:
>Not sure why but I can't replicate either using the DWORD in a browser or
>trying a ping:
>
>Here's the output:
>
>C:\>ping -n 3510483697
>IP address must be specified.

you certainly have a zealous ping and/or network libs. What OS are you running?
the thing works on all systems that inherited the BSD inet_aton, and this 
includes
windows.

cheers,
mouss

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