On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 10:03, et wrote:
> On Sunday 25 August 2002 10:23 am, you wrote:
> > People refer to xxx as a wildcard. Its like a range. If you say:
> > 216.x.x.x that means any IP from 216. Its almost like "*" a wildcard used
> > for most things. My ip address is usually a 172.x.x.x everytime i connect
> > online I get the first 3 numbers, but the rest changes. Wildcard means
> > anything in that IP.
>
> I believe he was refering to the last numbers ie.; 192.168.0.1:10000
> where 10000 is the tcp port

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>
> > In a message dated 8/25/2002 10:19:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > In some previous posts I have noticed people refering to their IP
> > > address range as xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xx.
> > >
> > > Just curious as to what the /xx refers to.  Is it some type of range?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Frank McKenna

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