On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Karl Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/6/2008 9:07 AM, Todd Walton wrote: >> >> 167.190.45.0 (address) and 255.255.255.0 (mask) >> >> which yields an IP range of 167.190.45.1 up to 167.190.45.254. That's >> fine. But then some of them are of the type: >> >> 167.190.1.24 (address) and 255.255.255.248 (mask) >> >> which yields an IP range of... ? > > If you think of the IP address and subnet mask as dotted-quad > representations of binary numbers it might make more sense. > >> Sometimes the mask is like 255.255.240.0 or 255.255.255.192. Aagh! >> What the heck is going on? Is there a calculator for this stuff? > > ipcalc is a Linux calculator for this stuff. > > $ ipcalc 167.190.1.24 255.255.255.248 > Address: 167.190.1.24 10100111.10111110.00000001.00011 000 > Netmask: 255.255.255.248 = 29 11111111.11111111.11111111.11111 000 > Wildcard: 0.0.0.7 00000000.00000000.00000000.00000 111 > => > Network: 167.190.1.24/29 10100111.10111110.00000001.00011 000 > HostMin: 167.190.1.25 10100111.10111110.00000001.00011 001 > HostMax: 167.190.1.30 10100111.10111110.00000001.00011 110 > Broadcast: 167.190.1.31 10100111.10111110.00000001.00011 111 > Hosts/Net: 6 Class B >
There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't. carl -- carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list