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Date:      Tue, 3 Sep 1996 12:52:07 +0800 (HKT)
From:      Chan Honman <spencer@asianet.net.hk>
To:        joelee@col.com.hk
Cc:        isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: is subnet #0 available for use?
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.3.91.960903124437.13174C-100000@s2>
In-Reply-To: <960902212108.ZM2820@Gatekeeper.Lamb.net>

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That is ip subnet-zero in global config mode. Cisco documentaton 
dis-courage this and refers you to RFC791. But all-one sub-net is OK. 

Anybody knows PC TCP/IP implementation allow this or not? Maybe joe can 
experiment with this on Trumpet/Win95/others, i'm curious.

On Mon, 2 Sep 1996, Ulf Zimmermann wrote:

> It depends on the hardware/software you use. Many older TCPIP implementations
> will not allow you to use subnet #0. But FreeBSD will allow you. On Ciscos you
> will need to set an extra parameter.
> 
> Ulf.
> 
> -- 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204
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> 

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