On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Kendall Shaw <kshaw@kendallshaw.com> wrote:
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> Thanks everyone.
>
> How about this then from page 4, about class A networks:
>
> "Each Class A network address has an 8-bit network prefix, with the
> highest order bit set to 0 (zero) and a 7-bit network number, followed
> by a 24-bit host number...
>
> A maximum of 126 (27 -2) /8 networks can be defined. The calculation
> subtracts two because the /8 network 0.0.0.0 is reserved for use as the
> default route and the /8 network 127.0.0.0"
>
> 12^6? Is 27 - 2 supposed to be 128 - 2?

 after a while of hanging around networks you'll learn to recognize
magic numbers and give them some particular context.

in this case the transliteration is "126 (2^7 - 2)" which is where you
get 128 - 2, or 126 from...

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