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What is the difference between host 172.18.5.4 and net 172.18.5.4?

asked 19 Aug '16, 08:48

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They're the same thing. From the pcap-filters man page for the net primitive:

the netmask is 255.255.255.255 for a dotted quad (which means that it's really a host match),

answered 19 Aug '16, 09:00

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edited 19 Aug '16, 09:01

That matches what I am seeing. Thanks for your help.

(19 Aug '16, 09:05) stevenlberntsen

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