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Old 01-30-2003, 05:43 AM  
cheekycherry
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Net Nerd Needed: Quick Question

In my ever evolving pursuit for personal perfection, I have come accross a question which perplexes me... IP addresses.

I know they are made up of 4 octets, example:

111.222.23.123

Okay, now I want to know what each Octet means.

I have about 10 sites hosted on one host - each with its own virtual server with different IP addresses.

The first octet never changes - 64. What is this? The country it is in is my first guess?

The second octet changes over my 10 sites but not much. The last two octets seem random.

Can somebody please explain how the servers are assigned their IP addresses and what each Octet means?

Nerdy question I know, but it's been bugging me, I can't find the answer, but I guess it's real easy.
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