Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 19:44:08 +0100 (CET) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@korin.warman.org.pl> To: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net> Cc: dennis <dennis@etinc.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ifconfig reports bogus netmask Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.971217194100.130B-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> In-Reply-To: <19971217094157.37862@mcs.net>
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On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Karl Denninger wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 1997 at 10:08:26AM -0500, dennis wrote:
> > use an entire subnet.
> >
> > Dennis
>
> Balderdash.
>
> CISCOs can run un-numbered interfaces (the proper way to do a PTP link where
> the terminal end is not a network) and further, can in fact handle and
> advertise host routes.
And even if you don't want to run unnumbered interface, you waste only 4
addresses (x.x.x.x/255.255.255.252), and even these can be private (e.g.
10.x.x.x)... So I don't see that much waste here.
Andrzej Bialecki
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