> I have noticed that a number is appended on an IP to signify the subnet.
> For example 156.34.245.177/24. What does the "/24 or /27 or /32" mean? How
> do I use this convention?
Number of netmask bits. A /24 is 1111111111111111111111110000000 or
255.255.255.0 (24 1s).
A /32 is a single address.
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