(October 2015) Neutering, from the Latin neuter (of neither sex), is the removal of an animal's reproductive organ, either all of it or a considerably large part. Neutering is often used incorrectly to refer only to male animals, but the term actually applies to both sexes.
The CIDR address we specified indicates that the first 23 bits are used for the network block we are referencing. This is equivalent to a netmask of 255.255.254.0, or: 1111 1111 - 1111 1111 - 1111 1110 - 0000 0000
The IP address 255.255.255.255 is used to indicate a local broadcast. Because this decision was part of the classful network design that predates CIDR, to reserve these specific IP addresses alone, special rules would have had to have been created for the /8's that contained them.he IP address 255.255.255.255 is used to indicate a local broadcast. Because this decision was part of the classful network design that predates CIDR, to reserve these specific IP addresses alone, special rules would have had to have been created for the /8's that contained them.