Re: [GENERAL] Difference between inet and cidr

2011-07-05 Thread Harald Fuchs
In article , Marti Raudsepp writes: > Hi, > On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 09:50, Yan Cheng CHEOK wrote: >> The essential difference between inet and cidr data types is that inet >> accepts values with nonzero bits to the right of the netmask, whereas cidr >> does not. > Say, if you have a /8 netmask

Re: [GENERAL] Difference between inet and cidr

2011-07-05 Thread Marti Raudsepp
Hi, On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 09:50, Yan Cheng CHEOK wrote: > The essential difference between inet and cidr data types is that inet > accepts values with nonzero bits to the right of the netmask, whereas cidr > does not. Say, if you have a /8 netmask, the 'cidr' type requires that all the 24 rig