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[Jon L. Miller]

I've always used the 192 range when dealing with a Class C subnet, this
just threw me off a little.
Thanks for the explanation

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On 8/20/99, at 10:55 AM, Michael Hunt wrote: 

>> "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
>
>Basically what Garth is saying is that even though the 10 range is often
>used as an "A" class network, there is nothing stopping the admin of the
>network making it a "c" subnet if he feels that it helps him admin it
>better. Personally if you do plan to use "c" class addresses I find that
the
>192.168 range is the best to work with as most doco use it as its
example.
>For most sites this is going to be more addresses than they need
>(effectively the private "c" class range is 254 "c" classes inside a "B"
>class !!!).

Jon L. Miller, MCNE ASE
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