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Many routers do this comparison with hardware assistance, and, in some cases, with ternary rather than binary masks. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 00:44, 27 October 2009 (UTC) | Many routers do this comparison with hardware assistance, and, in some cases, with ternary rather than binary masks. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 00:44, 27 October 2009 (UTC) | ||
:I'm never sure whether to edit an existing article like [[IPv4]], or just write a new one when I need a quick explanation of a topic like CIDR notation. The need for a short explanation came up in an article on an email authentication method (SPF). In this case, an entire article on IPv4, or even CIDR, would be too much. --[[User:David MacQuigg|David MacQuigg]] 12:07, 27 October 2009 (UTC) | :I'm never sure whether to edit an existing article like [[IPv4]], or just write a new one when I need a quick explanation of a topic like CIDR notation. The need for a short explanation came up in an article on an email authentication method (SPF). In this case, an entire article on IPv4, or even CIDR, would be too much. --[[User:David MacQuigg|David MacQuigg]] 12:07, 27 October 2009 (UTC) | ||
::Then let's see if we can extract the CIDR notation part out of three articles and have an article to which all can link. One of the questions if that article should or should not discuss the deprecated subnet mask notation. If an IPv4 article keeps subnet masks but links to CIDR, it might overemphasize masks. Maybe the article should be "IP address prefix length description." [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 14:33, 27 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
Revision as of 08:33, 27 October 2009
In IPv4 & IPv6 articles
It's in them to some extent; it is the standard for IPv6 and subnet masks are deprecated in IPv4.
- I've changed "subnet mask" to "network prefix".
Many routers do this comparison with hardware assistance, and, in some cases, with ternary rather than binary masks. Howard C. Berkowitz 00:44, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
- I'm never sure whether to edit an existing article like IPv4, or just write a new one when I need a quick explanation of a topic like CIDR notation. The need for a short explanation came up in an article on an email authentication method (SPF). In this case, an entire article on IPv4, or even CIDR, would be too much. --David MacQuigg 12:07, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
- Then let's see if we can extract the CIDR notation part out of three articles and have an article to which all can link. One of the questions if that article should or should not discuss the deprecated subnet mask notation. If an IPv4 article keeps subnet masks but links to CIDR, it might overemphasize masks. Maybe the article should be "IP address prefix length description." Howard C. Berkowitz 14:33, 27 October 2009 (UTC)