It means a 24 bit netmask.
in binary a 24 bit mask would look like
11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000
which = 255.255.255.0
Very useful info to learn if you need to subnet or supernet your network.
Clay
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From: "Matthew McCleary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: IP addressing conventions
> I was wondering if someone could tell me, what does it mean when someone
> writes an IP address as something like "192.168.1.0/24" ? What does the
> "/24" mean? I kind of got the impression that it implies that they own
> IP's 1 through 24, but maybe not. Could it be some sort of netmask?
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