About IP Address Wildcards

An IP address wildcard makes it possible to specify several IP subnets quickly by using zero in certain portions of the address. Consider this set of subnet IDs:

		131.24.10.0   255.255.255.0
		131.24.20.0   255.255.255.0
		131.24.30.0   255.255.255.0
		131.24.40.0   255.255.255.0

Instead of specifying each address individually, you can specify the following single address that encompasses all 131.24.nnn.nnn addresses:

		131.24.0.0	255.255.0.0

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Network Discovery Overview