>>> smac at visi.com 05/13/04 09:13AM >>> >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. The number of allowed addresses for a given subnet mask is 2^n - 2 (that's two to the nth power minus two). Where n is the number of bits in the HOST portion of the mask. So, if the mask is 255.255.255.0, then n would be 8. Bruce _______________________________________________ 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