From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Sep 2 21:52:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA02552 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 21:52:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from s1.asianet.net.hk (asianet.net.hk [202.70.255.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA02547 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 21:52:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from s2 (s2 [202.70.255.18]) by s1.asianet.net.hk (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA06853; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 12:52:07 +0800 (HKT) Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 12:52:07 +0800 (HKT) From: Chan Honman X-Sender: spencer@s2 To: joelee@col.com.hk cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is subnet #0 available for use? In-Reply-To: <960902212108.ZM2820@Gatekeeper.Lamb.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 > Lamb Art Internet Services || http://www.Lamb.net/ > ======================================================================== Technical Support AsiaNet (H.K.) Ltd. "...there however is no substitute for the mid-night oil..." Dr. Y. Liao ========================================================================