>Not being renowned for my maths skills, how do you work out how many ip addresses you can have.
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>Knowning the range is from 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255.
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>Thanks
>Kev
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>BTW I thought it was 255 * 255 * 255 * 255!

Oh, I forgot to mention the new ipv6 protocol, which uses 128 bits.
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/x273.html
jlk