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From: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu>
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Subject: Re: netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast 205.238.xx.7
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On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 02:55:34AM +0000, DanB wrote:
> inet 205.238.xx.1 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast 205.238.xx.7.   Need a
> netmask convertor   to change 0xfffffffc to 255.255.xxx.xxx. Anybody
> know of a good one?
Google for 'network calculator'.

This was the first result I found:
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/sparkman/netcalc.htm

which I've used before with good results.

The decimal representation of 0xfffffffc is 255.255.255.252 according to
that calc.

HTH,
Jez