From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Jun 9 17:42:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA24872 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 9 Jun 1997 17:42:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.cdrom.com [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA24866 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 1997 17:42:30 -0700 (PDT) From: michael@blueneptune.com Received: from rainey.blueneptune.com (root@rainey.blueneptune.com [207.104.147.225]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA13987 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 1997 17:42:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from michael@localhost) by rainey.blueneptune.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA09929; Mon, 9 Jun 1997 17:42:13 -0700 Message-Id: <199706100042.RAA09929@rainey.blueneptune.com> Subject: Re: IP Addressing To: rls@mail.id.net (Robert Shady) Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 17:42:12 -0700 (PDT) Cc: eddie@eaznet.com, isp@freebsd.com In-Reply-To: <199706092320.TAA06661@server.id.net> from "Robert Shady" at Jun 9, 97 07:20:10 pm Reply-To: michael@blueneptune.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8b] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > 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 > > That is more or less correct, although technically they don't own what > officially used to be known as a "Class B", they own the equivilent. Actually, shouldn't the CIDR block be given as 209.75.224.0/22, assuming the range of "224-227" is correct? 209.75.130.0/22 isn't even valid... -- Michael Bryan michael@blueneptune.com