determining the netmask

Gregory Nowak greg at romuald.net.eu.org
Sat Aug 17 19:10:52 EDT 2002


Hi all.

I know that a netmask of 255.255.255.0 is a 24-bit netmask. I also know that 8 bits is a byte. However, I don't understand how it is determined that 255.255.255.0 is a 24-bit netmask. Can someone please explain this? Thanks in advance.
Greg





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