Re: [cobalt-users] IP addys

["Greg" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

555 was a typo... oops... just an example. :)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon" <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] IP addys


> On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Greg wrote:
>
> > Is IP Address 201.555.23.95  the same as 201.555.023.095?
> >
>
>   The answer is ... it depends
>
>   The leading zeros aren't really a problem, most client's will ignore
> them, the problem is 555 is illegal (it's > 255), and exactly what happens
> is highly dependent of which application you give the number to....
>
> You may get an error, or any of
>
>    201.43.23.95, 203.43.23.95 , 201.43.25.95, 201.255.23.95
>
>  or some completly unpredictable value....
>
> older versions of ms internet explorer will accept a single giant number
> as an ip address it http://3426278346/
> it treats it as a 32 bit number and uses it as a ip address....
>
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > cobalt-users mailing list
> > cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To Subscribe or Unsubscribe, please go to:
> > http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-users
> >
> >
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> cobalt-users mailing list
> cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To Subscribe or Unsubscribe, please go to:
> http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-users