I dont understand what you mean Moose.
His example.
255.255.254.0
x.x. 1111111|0 . 00000000
To find out subnets, (or so I thought) Counting from left to right in the third octet.
1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128 8 values
1,1,1,1,1, 1, 1, 1 8 bits
Shouldn't the subnet...