Hiya Placido,
On 13-04-98, whilst lying in the gutter of the information super highway, I 
heard Placido Santiago whispering to All about IP address and Subnet mask,
 PS> Hello everyone,
 PS> What is the best IP address to use to a machine not connected to the
 PS> NET. And also how will I assign a particular subnet mask if I will be
 PS> able to choose an IP address. What is the relationship between the
 PS> two. 
Dead easy this one. 192.168.1.1 with a 255.255.255.0 subnet mask. For the 
relationship between the two, basically 255.255.255.0 says 24 bits for the 
network and 8 bits for the host. Another common notation now is 192.168.1.1 
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