X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B0673A42C1 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:30:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 55920-05 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:30:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from anchor-post-35.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-35.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.85]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBABB3A42D6 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:30:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mwynhau.demon.co.uk ([193.237.186.96] helo=mainbox.archonet.com) by anchor-post-35.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.42) id 1CRxEE-00071u-HX; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:29:58 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.17] (client17.archonet.com [192.168.1.17]) by mainbox.archonet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F40EB1649C; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:30:02 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <41925E2A.2080003@archonet.com> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:30:02 +0000 From: Richard Huxton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041103) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Goutam Paruchuri Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Error In connection ?? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200411/113 X-Sequence-Number: 19432 Goutam Paruchuri wrote: > My understanding was it means ip range of 1 to 254. > > 192.168.2.1 to 192.168.1.254 No, it refers to the number of bits. You can use either of: 192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.0/24 Both of these cover the range: 192.168.2.1 - 192.168.1.255 Might be worth searching for a network howto on CIDR subnet formats. -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd