Re: 192.168.0.* vs 192.168.1.*

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Does that 3rd part of the IP address being 0 make any difference.

Yeah.  192.168.0.* and 192.168.1.* are two different subnets.
(default subnet mask)

> The netmask is used to make sure it's a literal 0 and not a wildcard
> right?

You lost me there.  The subnet mask determines which part of the 
address is the network and which part is the individual node(s).

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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