[Gllug] Networks and Red Hat

[David Damerell]

On Saturday, 17 Nov 2001, Ben Harwood wrote:
>> On , 16 Nov 2001, Xander D Harkness wrote:
>> >I was under the impression that the standard for networking was as
>> >follows:
>> >first IP in range is broadcast source (i.e. 192.168.1.0), second IP is
>> >router (192.168.1.1), last IP is Broadcast (192.168.1.255).
>> You mean 'e.g.', not 'i.e.'.
>I'm not convinced.
>i.e. = id est = that is
>e.g. = exampla gratiae = for example

I know that.

However, it was not previously specified that we were discussing the
192.168.1/24 network - otherwise 'i.e.' would be appropriate. As it is,
the example of the 192.168.1/24 network is being introduced for the
first time, and hence 'e.g.' is correct.

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