On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Timothy Deem wrote:
>
> Listed in RFC1918 are those addresses set aside to use for internal
> networks, etc...
>
> 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 (10/8 prefix)
255.0.0.0
> 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 (172.16/12 prefix)
255.240.0.0
> 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 (192.168/16 prefix)
255.255.0.0
>
> My question pertains to the subnetting. What subnetting do the "/8",
> "/12" and "/16" annotations indicate with respect to the MASKING? I
> understand subnetting and what each Mask provides as to # of subnets and #
> of assignable hosts, so I guess I'm looking for a "/##" to
> "255.#.#.#" table of some sort...
The /n is the number of 1 bits in the netmask.
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