Re: netmask question

From	Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: netmask question
Date	2023-05-27 03:20 +0200
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Hello,

On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 09:07:23PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 12:59:59AM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> > On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 08:26:47PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > > No. What's the netmask if you have:
> > > 
> > > IP: 192.168.255.132
> > > broadcast: 192.168.255.255 ?
> > 
> > It's 255.255.0.0.
> > 
> > Specifying a broadcast address does completely define the network
> > range. If you know that 192.168.255.255 is the broadcast then the
> > network can only be 192.168.0.0/16.
> 
> Dan's example was carefully chosen so that this is not true.  The last
> 16 bits of the broadcast address are all 1.  This means the network
> part of the address could be anywhere from 16 to 31 bits.  All are
> equally possible.

Yes, sorry, of course you (and Dan) are correct. There is no reason
why it could not be describing, for example, 192.168.255.0/24
(255.255.255.0 netmask). That will teach me to not write emails at
2am!

Cheers,
Andy

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  Re: netmask question Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 05:00 +0200
    Re: netmask question Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2023-05-22 09:50 +0200
      Re: netmask question <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-22 10:10 +0200
      Re: netmask question coreyh@free.fr - 2023-05-22 11:00 +0200
        Re: netmask question Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2023-05-22 11:10 +0200
          Re: netmask question coreyh@free.fr - 2023-05-22 12:20 +0200
            Re: netmask question Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 12:30 +0200
            Re: netmask question Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2023-05-22 13:10 +0200
      Re: netmask question Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 12:20 +0200
        Re: netmask question Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2023-05-22 12:30 +0200
        Re: netmask question <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-22 13:10 +0200
  Re: netmask question Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-05-22 05:10 +0200
  Re: netmask question <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-22 07:00 +0200
    Re: netmask question Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2023-05-22 09:40 +0200
      Re: netmask question <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-22 10:00 +0200
      Re: netmask question Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 12:20 +0200
      Re: netmask question gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-05-22 18:20 +0200
        Re: netmask question <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-22 21:10 +0200
          Re: netmask question gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-05-23 01:50 +0200
            Re: netmask question Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2023-05-23 03:20 +0200
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                Re: netmask question Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2023-05-23 14:20 +0200
            Re: netmask question tomas@tuxteam.de - 2023-05-23 07:00 +0200
          Re: netmask question "Tom Reed" <tom@dkinbox.com> - 2023-05-23 01:50 +0200
            Re: netmask question Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-05-23 02:10 +0200
              Re: netmask question <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-23 06:40 +0200
            Re: netmask question Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2023-05-23 02:30 +0200
              Re: netmask question "Tom Reed" <tom@dkinbox.com> - 2023-05-23 02:30 +0200
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                Re: netmask question <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-23 06:50 +0200
                Re: netmask question Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-05-27 03:10 +0200
                Re: netmask question Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-05-27 03:10 +0200
                Re: netmask question Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-05-27 03:20 +0200
                Re: netmask question Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-05-23 02:50 +0200
                Re: netmask question "Tom Reed" <tom@dkinbox.com> - 2023-05-23 03:00 +0200
                Re: netmask question Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2023-05-23 03:20 +0200
                Re: netmask question Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2023-05-23 08:30 +0200
                Re: netmask question Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> - 2023-05-23 02:50 +0200

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