Re: [cobalt-users] IP blocks

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, WebFusion System Administrator wrote:
> David Lynch wrote:
> > A little off subject, but perhaps useful to other newbies....
> >
> > My provider is telling me that for every IP block
> > I purchase (they call a "block" 16 ip addresses)
> > I have to keep 2 of them as "non-use" IPs... I asked
> > why, and got this response:

> In your case, a block of 16 gives you 14 usable addresses - the first is
> the network address itself, the last is the subnet broadcast address. So
> they're right :)

Of course, if you got say 64 at a time (consecutive) you would only loose
2 of 64....