netmask?

[suneel gupta]

solved.

Thanks.

[pjlasombra]

Hello

Can anybody tell me what the netmask command is for? I don't understand why on page 676, when configuring PAT it uses the comand:
netmask 255.255.255.0 and not 255.255.255.248, for instance.

Thanks!

[Big Evil]

The netmask cmd is the subnet mask that is used.
It can be entered as netmask 255.255.255.0 or prefix length /24.

PAT, (port address translation) or overloading (hence using cmd overload) is a form of dynamic NAT that maps multiple unregistered IP addresses to a single registered IP address by using different ports.

[pjlasombra]

thank you Big Evil!;)

[Big Evil]

Anytime.:p