Re: (PM) Subnet question

Jay Hennigan (jay@west.net)
Mon, 12 Jan 1998 15:43:05 -0800 (PST)

On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Michael Locke wrote:

> 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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