Re: Annotation Question

Captain Scarlet (gryphon@server.livingston.com)
Fri, 6 Dec 1996 10:16:46 -0800 (PST)

> > 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.

Yep - take a look at Table 2-2 in the Configuration Guide for
PortMaster Products, if you have one - it's a table of subnet masks
for a class C network, showing dotted decimal and bit-count values.
(It's on page 2-7 in my copy.) This table starts at /24
(255.255.255.0), but can be extrapolated upward fairly simply.

--G.

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