I think what he meant was: isn't 255 reserved for some special purpose, just like 0 ?
But, I thought is this case, it is still alright because the special meaning is only for the last octet - where 0 => network address, 255 => broadcast address. Maybe someone who is familiar with the IP network standard should clarify. Regards, T J On 8/2/07, Chiang Fong Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > -- Chng Tiak-Jung email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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