[plug] re: re: IP address

[Garth Atkinson]

"Jon L. Miller" wrote:
> 
> Can someone explain to me how the following address can have a class "C"
> subnet mask (IP addr: 10.203.57.1).
> 
Any IP address can have any subnet mask. A subnet mask is only used to
determine the network address component and host address component of
the IP, hence 10.203.57.1 is host address 1 on network 10.203.57 Subnet
masks are applied locally at the host interface only.

Garth