class-C designation
Ian Manners
ian at os2site.com
Sat Oct 6 01:45:29 UTC 2007
Hi Jim
>Second question. In a /23, is it permissible for me to use the inner .255/.0 numbers?
>The telco told me I could not use them, but it doesn't make sense if indeed they
>have routed me a /23.
Think of the x.x.x.255 and x.x.x.0 as the bits used to join that segment
to the other segment or ranges on either side [real simplistic explaination].
Do a search on 'Broadcast Address' in google
Cheers
Ian Manners
http://www.os2site.com/
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