On Tue, November 3, 2009 10:10, Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 1:53 AM, Shruthi A <shruthi.iisc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> -- Once this service is started, telneting the server on the given port >> successfully connects. >> -- Dear Ian Lea, i guess 10.0.0.1/24 is the same as 10.0.0.0/24 as the >> mask '24' means that the first 3 octets (24 bits from the left hand >> side) >> must match ie both mean simply 10.0.0.* > > Actually 10.0.0.0/24 means that the right hand 24 bits don't matter, > so anything starting with 10. will match. > Actually, it is the 24 left-most bits that matter, so this sets up a network of 24 bits with 255 hosts that can connect. I wasn't sure of this, so I just verified it with one of our network engineers at work. Tim -- Timothy J. Bruce Registered Linux User #325725 -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
