From: Paul Schwarzl Date: March 29 1999 6:28am Subject: mysql:RE Support for IP Range/Netmask? (fwd) List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/1122 Message-Id: <002a01be79ad$4abc4c70$231510ac@kb35.win.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit J Yunke wrote: > Hi -- > > Does the host field in mysql.host support netmasks? > > For instance, 200.200.200.240/29 would be for the range of ips from > 200.200.200.240 through 200.200.200.247? > > For those who don't know, /29 is 29 bits out of 32, which translates to > a netmask of 255.255.255.248 (if my math is right this evening). :) > > It would be very nice if it would. I deal with a lot of subnets due to > arin's tight control of class C's. > > /J Hi! Why you dont do this with Jokers (%,..) in the host field. (Maybe you will need 3 rows more per rule) Paul