Re: FW: MIB definition of mask length, port

[Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>]

works for me. thanks


At 08:24 AM 10/11/2001, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:

> >>>>> Fred Baker writes:
>
>Fred> OK, but not mentioning the second case remains a bit mysterious.
>
>Sure, we can add text for other usage scenarios. What about this:
>
>     A generic Internet address consists of two objects, one whose syntax
>     is InetAddressType, and another whose syntax is InetAddress.  The
>     value of the first object determines how the value of the second
>     object is encoded.  The InetAddress textual convention represents an
>     opaque Internet address value.  The InetAddressType enumeration is
>     used to "cast" the InetAddress value into a concrete textual
>     convention for the address type.  This usage of multiple textual
>     conventions allows expression of the display characteristics of each
>     address type and makes the set of defined Internet address types
>     extensible.
>
>+   The textual conventions defined in this document can also be used to
>+   represent generic Internet subnets and Internet address ranges.  A
>+   generic Internet subnet is represented by three objects, one whose
>+   syntax is InetAddressType, a second one whose syntax is InetAddress
>+   and a third one whose syntax is InetAddressPrefixLength.  The
>+   InetAddressType value again determines the concrete format of the
>+   InetAddress value while the InetAddressPrefixLength identifies the
>+   Internet network address prefix.
>+
>+   A generic range of consecutive Internet addresses is represented by
>+   three objects.  The first one has the syntax InetAddressType while
>+   the remaining objects have the syntax InetAddress and specify the
>+   start and end of the address range.  The InetAddressType value again
>+   determines the format of the InetAddress values.
>+
>
>/js
>
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