[plug] re: re: IP address

[Steve Grasso]

>> 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.

In general, a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 will be sufficient for a class c
network.
For more info see (eg)

A short discussion of Class C IP addressing:
http://wwworg.uio.no/in312/Studbok/IP-adresser/class_c.html

Class C subnet mask table:
http://www.geoprospects.com/dedicated/SubnetZero.htm

Cheers,
Steve