Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 19:16:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Bradley Dunn <bradley@dunn.org> To: Eddie Fry <eddie@eaznet.com> Cc: isp@freebsd.com Subject: Re: IP Addressing Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970609191119.22013A-100000@ns2.harborcom.net> In-Reply-To: <339C7CE3.4F7D@eaznet.com>
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Check out the CIDR FAQ at http://www.rain.net/faqs/cidr.faq.html It explains the prefix notation and provides a link to RFC 1878 which also explains it. Try not to get bogged down in "classes". They seemed like a good idea at the time but are now obsolete because "in the beginning" a global Internet with tens of thousands of routes was not in mind. pbd -- You can make it illegal, but you can't make it unpopular. On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, Eddie Fry wrote: > OK, call me ignorant. I asked my ISP for another class C address and > this is what he sent me. Can anybody explain this to me? My guess is > that it's a class B subnet and 4 class C's. Is that correct? > > 209.75.130/22(255.255.252)(4nets:209.75.224-227) - eaznet.com > > Thanks for your help! > Eddie >
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