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WhitePaper–NetworkingwithEclerNetManager
Document:AS Version:1.0 Date: Page3 of12
Prefixsize Networkmask
Available
subnets
Usablehosts
persubnet
/24 255.255.255.0 1 254
/25 255.255.255.128 2 126
/26 255.255.255.192 4 62
/27 255.255.255.224 8 30
/28 255.255.255.240 16 14
/29 255.255.255.248 32 6
/30 255.255.255.252 64 2
/31 255.255.255.254 128 2
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Latestbitsfromnetmaskmustfollowtheaboveconvention;thusamaskof255.255.255.127
isnotlegal,whereas255.255.255.128isOk.
Forinstance,agoodconfigurationbetweenaPCandadeviceis:
 PC DEVICE
IPaddress 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.210
Mask 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0
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TheIPaddress&Maskcombinationaboveallowsfortheconnectionofupto254deviceson
thesamesubnet.
Exampleofawrongconfiguration:
 PC DEVICE
IPaddress 10.0.0.2 10.2.100.23
Mask 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0
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Andacorrectone,instead:
 PC DEVICE
IPaddress 10.0.0.2 10.2.100.23
Mask 255.0.0.0 255.0.0.0
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Twomorewrongconfigurationexampl es: 
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 PC DEVICE
IPaddress 10.0.0.2 192.168.0.100
Mask 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0
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