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Subject: Re: help converting HEX netmask...
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Hi,

On Wednesday 02 May 2012 05:48:44 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

you take a calculator which is able to convert hex to dec but you have to break the number up into fields like:

ff
ff
e0
00

Erich
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> Apologies should this be stupid.
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