ipmath was inspired by a) my frustration at having to continually re-evolve the math necessary to determine the broadcast address and network mask every time my office changed, and b) someone on a Linux mailing list looking for the same thing. So I wrote a Perl script to do the math, and then made it usable from the Web as well without modification, and here it is. For more information, use the source, Luke! And don't throw things at me, please. I've found this useful and so I offer it in the hope that someone else -- you, maybe -- might also find it useful. The entire ipmath package is copyright 1999 by MeepZor Consulting, and is licenced according to the MeepZor Public Licence, found on the Web at . If you have questions, complaints, or suggestions, send them to . Enjoy! I hope this makes life at least a tiny bit simpler for you..