Quoth Philip Hazel on Tue, Mar 13, 2001:
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Derrick MacPherson wrote:
>
> > i.e. - 10.10.10.0/12 = what range does the 12 represent?
>
> The 12 most significant bits, i.e. the mask is 255.250.0.0
^
^
255.240.0.0
> in your
> example (or FFF00000 in hex). So 10.10.10.0/12 would match 10.0.0.0 to
> 10.15.255.255. (And is confusing, because the simplest way to write it
> is 10.0.0.0/12.)
Yes.
Vadik.
--
Taunt not the sysadmin, for he can become you and make your life
interesting.