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Subject: Re: /31 on 2 interfaces
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kim Shrier" <kim@tinker.com>
To: "Unix-Solutions - Steven" <steven@unix-solutions.be>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: /31 on 2 interfaces


>A /31 is not a point-to-point link.

see RFC 3021

> A /31 is a network with nothing but a loopback and broadcast address.

not a loopback address but a network address (all zeros bit) and a broadcast 
address (all ones bit)

fooler.