Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 15:03:23 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Lamb.net> Cc: Joe Lee <joelee@col.com.hk>, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is subnet #0 available for use? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960903150106.1649C-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <960902212108.ZM2820@Gatekeeper.Lamb.net>
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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. You'll also not get gated to work properly with subnet "all zeros" or subnet "all ones". IF you are interested in gated, that is. The way to define subnets with the maximum number of hosts is to define them with 4,8,16,32,64,64,32,16,8,4 hosts, and discard the 4 hosts at each end (0,1,2,3,252,253,254,255) Danny
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