Re: Newbie Questions Part 1

[Rolf Kutz <kutz@gmx.de>]

Michael Boyd (Michael.Boyd@maunsell.co.uk) wrote:

> Ray Olszewski wrote:-
> 
> > If by "such as" you mean to refer to the private address ranges (10.0.0.0/8,
> > 172.16.0.0/12, and 192.168.0.0/16), then there is nothing at all wrong with
> > using them. They are intended for use in exactly these kinds of situation.
> 
> Could you tell me what the number after the IP addr. signifies, i.e. /8
> /12 and /16 ?

Thats the netmask, It's the number of bits, that
are static in the network IP-range. /8 represents 
a netmask 255.0.0.0 (formerly known as class A),
/16 = 255.255.0.0 (formerly known as class B), 
/24 = 255.255.255.0 (formerly known as class C), 
/32 represents a single IP. It can be any number
from 0 to 32 with IPv4.

 - Rolf