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On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 19:56:57 -0500
begin Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth:
> Opps. "One" mistake in the note below.
>
> It looks like when I run ipchains-restore against a rule like this:
>
> -A input -s 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 -d 68.33.8.46/255.255.252.0 6346:6346 -i
> eth1 -p 6 -y -m 5
>
> The rule as listed by ipchains -L -n is:
>
> target prot opt source destination
> ports- tcp -y---- 0.0.0.0/0 68.33.8.0/22
> * -> 6699
>
> So, part of my ip number is missing, too, in the firewall.
>
> I guess I don't understand netmasks, but, why, if the end of the number
> is being chopped off due to the netmask, do they assign this number
> (68.33.8.46) ?
You are assigned a _unique_ IP address. No one else in the world has that
number. The "chopped off" part is the network address. The network
address plus the netmask identify the network boundaries. Your network
runs from:
63.33.8.0 to 63.33.11.255 (the first number is your network address, the
second is the broadcast address). No matter what IP you have within this
range, the network, netmask, and broadcast addresses remain the same.
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
- --
Focus on the dream, not the competition.
-- Nemesis Racing Team motto
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