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Date:      Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:47:10 +0100
From:      Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk>
To:        Jim Stapleton <stapleton.41@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: network/IP notation question ##.##.##.##/??
Message-ID:  <4628A83E.9020808@unsane.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20704200436h73d571f8x56a31dbdec17aea2@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <80f4f2b20704200436h73d571f8x56a31dbdec17aea2@mail.gmail.com>

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Jim Stapleton wrote:
> I am looking at something that has the following line as a demo:
> set iface route 192.168.0.0/24
> 
> what does the "/24" mean?
> 
Its the number of bits in the netmask. This is known as CIDR notation,
In this case it translates to 255.255.255.0


Vince


> Thanks,
> -Jim Stapleton
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