Re: netmask question

[gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>]

On 5/22/23 15:04, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 12:16:09PM -0400, gene heskett wrote:
> > On 5/22/23 03:32, Tim Woodall wrote:
> > > On Mon, 22 May 2023, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > >
> > >    number; for (human) display it is subdivided into four 8 bit chunks
> > > > (called "octets" for obvious reasons), and those octets only can
> > > > go from 0 to 255 (since 2^8 == 255).
> > > Nit, but 2^8 is 256.
> > >
> > > .
> > The octets count from base 0 Tim.
>
> That's right, but then they go 0 .. 2^8 - 1. 2^8 is still 256, Tim does
> have a point there :-)
I don't see it, 255 is all 8 bits set, 256 is all 8 bits cleared and 
carry set.

> Cheers

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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