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Subject: Routed supports variable-length netmasks?
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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 12:57:53 -0400
From: Chris Shenton <cshenton@it.hq.nasa.gov>
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I'm setting up a box as a pppd server, with /30 masks on the ppp
endpoints, and /28 masks on the remote's ethernet.

I'm having some routing weirdness and was wondering if routed supports
these different-length netmasks? What version of RIP is it?

If not, would gated do the trick?

Thanks.