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[Jeff Vian]

James Kosin wrote:

>Alexander,
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>255.255.255.248 netmask produces 16 IP addresses.
>His starts at 142.179.210.232 and goes to 142.179.210.239...
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No,  only 8 addresses, of which one is the network address and one is 
the braodcast address.
Your start/end addresses are right.

>The customary procedure is to throw away 2 of those IP addresses...  usually
>the first 142.179.210.232 and the last 142.179.210.239 in his case.  It is
>not a requirement and it should not be a problem if he uses them.
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>The first one as you pointed out is the NETWORK and it defines the start of
>his usable IP range.
>The last one is usually the BROADCAST address.
>There is nothing though that says these IP addresses are dedicated and can
>not be used.
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>Thanks,
>James Kosin
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However,  the GATEWAY must be within that range unless he is using 
IPLESS connections.  He said there is a router connected, so this should 
be the subnet on the private side of the router and the gateway would be 
the routers IP address.

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