That's alright - there should be 256 components (somebody correct me) in an octet, as there's 8 bits per octet to make up 32 bits in an IPv4 address, which is counted as 0-255. Seeing 256 in an octet would be invalid.
-cflee On 8/2/07, Anand Vaidya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I used to think that IP addresses cannot contain "255" however I noticed that > Singtel ADSL has such IP addresses: > > anand pts/0 bb220-255-57-228 Thu Jul 5 08:52 - 09:25 (00:32) > > > Note that this is for the PPP connection with /32 netmask. > > Is this OK? Or is this another Singapore-only anamoly? > > Regards > Anand _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
