Hello James!
In a message James Bendall wrote to Placido Santiago:
 JB> I use 192.168.1.1 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
 JB> The relationship I'm not totally sure on.
There are several classes of IP addresses:
Class A : 11.x  to 126.x series addresses - subnet mask 255.0.0.0
Class B : 128.x to 191.x series addresses - subnet mask 255.255.0.0
Class C : 192.x to 254.x series addresses - subnet mask 255.255.255.0
10.x addresses are reserved for private networks and are a Class A address. 
You can use these series addresses as long as you're either not connected to 
the Internet or are using a proxy server or similar. 127.x is the series 
assigned to the loop-back number, which is used for testing.
Note that the above quoted subnet masks are "default" masks. Depending on 
circumstances you can also use custom masks.
-=David=-
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