From: Richard Foltz (ccie2b@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sat Oct 27 2001 - 17:22:53 GMT-3
the 0x signifies the number as hex. i.e. if u just put 40 is that decimal or
hex? the assumption would be decimal because if it were hex it would be
stated at 0x40.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Lodwick" <xpranax@hotmail.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 2:47 PM
Subject: hex problems
> I have never understood this and it may be simple but I don't get it.
> When dealing with hexadecimal numbers why are they written sometimes like
> 0x1244 and other times just 12fe ?
> What the heck is with the 0x stuff?
> What does that do when you put 0x at the front?
> I just tried to enter a static cam entry into a Cat5000 and entered the
mac
> as 00b0d090bb27 but I got an error message saying:
> "Route descriptor must be a hex value 0..0xffff"
> I am confused. I am just a simple man and I don't understand this stuff,
can
> someone help me out here?
>
> >>>Brian
>
>
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