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Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 15:36:40 -0400 From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us> To: nanog@merit.edu In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980417153215.18666J-100000@industry.idirect.com>; from jlixfeld@idirect.ca on Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 03:32:35PM -0400 On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 03:32:35PM -0400, jlixfeld@idirect.ca wrote: > :I now understand the confusion -- You are speaking of the > :dotted decimal representation of the 32 bit IP address without > :regard to masking. I am speaking of the masked address which > :results in a (mask length) network number part and a > :(32 - mask length) host number. This means you think of > :address components as octets (bytes) and I think of the > :effective network number and the effective host number, the > :sizes of which are determined only by the mask. > Anyone mind sharing that conversation? Oh, he carboned that? I took it off the list when it became obvious to the most casual observer that it didn't belong here. What he was saying was that he doesn't look at IP addresses as AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD. He looks at them as NNNNNNN.HHH,. for whatever decimal split is appropriate for the length of his netmask... which must make him awfully lonely. :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "Two words: Darth Doogie." -- Jason Colby, Tampa Bay, Florida on alt.fan.heinlein +1 813 790 7592 Managing Editor, Top Of The Key sports e-zine ------------ http://www.totk.com
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