Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 16:57:06 -0700 From: c.hutchinson0@yahoo.com To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: help converting HEX netmask... Message-ID: <20120501165706.69134030@virus.local> In-Reply-To: <CACPAC324FHpdD%2BxFpbM-nXm_rrf3Jc-7ON3pg5UHiCW-u2kkEg@mail.gmail.com> References: <20120501154844.45cc2f37@virus.local> <CACPAC324FHpdD%2BxFpbM-nXm_rrf3Jc-7ON3pg5UHiCW-u2kkEg@mail.gmail.com>
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Greetings, and thanks for the response... On Tue, 1 May 2012 16:49:51 -0700 Peter Lai <cowbert@gmail.com> wrote: > ipv4 numbers are 32bits arranged by bytes (octets). > > 0xff = 255 > 0xe0 = 112 > > so it looks like your mask is 255.255.112.0 Well, I did some further research, and ended up with this: 255.255.224.0 Thanks again. :-) > > - Sent via Gmail on Android > On May 1, 2012 3:50 PM, <c.hutchinson0@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Greetings, > > This may seem dim to some of you, but I have a question regarding > > (determining) the netmask, from the output of ifconfig(8). > > Mine is returned as: > > 0xffffe000 > > > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > Apologies should this be stupid. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org " > >
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