On Feb 3, 2008 6:37 PM, James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:
I quote from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_class: 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 (172.16.0.0/12) Private IP addresses, RFC 1918, B Class.
IP address classes have been depreciated for many years, in favour of Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR), where you specify the subnet mask directly, instead of relying on address ranges. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing This means it is entirely permissible to have subnets greater than 256 addresses in the 192.168.x.x range. So, please forget about Class A, B or C addresses. They're no longer relevant.
Wow James!! You are totally right!! It was also written in the link I've posted (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_class) "Classful networking is obsolete on the modern Internet. There is no longer any such thing as a class A/B/C network. The correct modern representation for what would have been referred to as a "Class B" prior to 1993 would be "a set of /16 addresses", under the Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) system." It seems I've had a looong "nap" and they "changed the rules" :) Thank you for point this out! Bye! AleXX -- AleXX(R) - Alessandro ICQ: 17197836 MSN: AleXX-77@HotMail.it Skype: AleXX-77 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org