On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 04:54:17AM -0600, Shawn wrote: > Too many 1's and 0's... Going cross eyed. So basically, the last octet of > the netmask is what determines the /# after the ip address. For small networks, yes. But it's really all octets. A class A network, for instance, would have a netmask of 255.0.0.0 (8 bits set) and, therefore, be a /8 in CIDR notation. -- Linux will do for applications what the Internet did for networks. - IBM, "Peace, Love, and Linux" Geek Code 3.1: GCS d? s+: a- C++ UL++$ P++>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r y+