Hi Giuseppe, thanks for ur answer.

some confusion on the /21. Is this mean ? :

128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

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0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

/21 means it allow :

10.18.0.0-10.18.11.0 (Correct me if i'm wrong)

* As for the Greater equal 24 and less equal 24 is only match the mask is it ?

So the answer for this is it only allow 10.18.0.0-10.18.11.0 with the mask of /24 only.

CORRECT ME IF WRONG. thanks !! in learning curve :-)

Hello William,

when we think of network mask we think of binary digits:

/21 moves 3 bits to the left the net boundary

so with 3 binary digits you can address

000 - 111 but 111 binary = 7 decimal

we use the dotted decimal notation as an help for us human beings but IP addresses are 32 bits numbers.

exercise yourself in binary and only later convert in decimal at each octet / byte boundary.

No problem to be in the learning curve : all of us are in the learning curve

Hope to help

Giuseppe

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