Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 16:34:48 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Broadcast, Netmask, and other such information Message-ID: <9602152134.AA13625@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199602152115.OAA01407@rocky.sri.MT.net> References: <199602152029.NAA01202@rocky.sri.MT.net> <9602152037.AA13188@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> <199602152048.NAA01295@rocky.sri.MT.net> <9602152054.AA13444@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> <199602152115.OAA01407@rocky.sri.MT.net>
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<<On Thu, 15 Feb 1996 14:15:17 -0700, Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> said: > Or, if I try to break things into 4x64 chunks given a 10.5.6/24 address > assigned to me. > (Using the calculation I used above would mean a subnet on the /24 > address broken into 4 chunks would have a broadcast of 255.255.255.192, > right?) No, it would have a /netmask/ of 255.255.255.192, or 0xffffffc0. It would have a different broadcast for each chunk (but as I said before, you usually don't have to worry about that because the system should get it right for you). -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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