I do believe (I could be wrong) that address space is less than 255 addresses per class C subnet. 0 to 254 would be 255 addresses for a class C network. So 0 to 254, less 0 (as a reserved address) is 254 addresses. Some one tell me if I'm mistaken please. Sam. Jon Schewe wrote: >On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 20:10, Karl Bongers wrote: > > >>On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 01:51:38PM -0500, David Phillips wrote: >> >> >>>That's incorrect. You can't use the first and last IP addresses in a >>>subnet. In the case of a 255.255.255.0 subnet mask, that would be 0 and >>>255. 0 is the subnet ID and 255 is broadcast. One IP address must be used >>>for the gateway, and generally it is the first address (but doesn't have to >>>be) after the subnet ID, so 1 would be the gateway. >>> >>> >>Anyone know why the first(x.x.x.0) IP address is reserved? >>What is it used for? >>Seems like a waste of a perfectly good address to me. >> >> >I found a good explanation of subnets as >http://www.ezine.com/EZInternet.SubNet.html > >This shuld answer your questions. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list