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On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Gerd Knorr wrote: > >Yet netmasks are bit-oriented, thus more intelligible as hex > >integers. > > I like the 192.168.42.105/24 thing for netmasks. Just a note. If I remember right, from a discussion on an italian mailing-list about networking, the bits in a netmask should be contiguous but it is not strictly required. So the /24 part means nothing if you have not contiguous bits in the mask. Please no flames, this is only a thing to think about: I may be wrong of course. Ciao, Riccardo. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||
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