From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 20 21:11:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E74B237B401 for ; Sun, 20 Apr 2003 21:11:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-relay.omnis.com (smtp-relay.omnis.com [216.239.128.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74B3443FE0 for ; Sun, 20 Apr 2003 21:11:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.homeunix.net (66-91-236-204.san.rr.com [66.91.236.204]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62BD142D26; Sun, 20 Apr 2003 21:11:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr To: Brett Glass , Bill Fumerola Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 21:11:36 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030417122205.02aed700@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20030417135027.02b1c910@localhost> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20030417135027.02b1c910@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200304202111.36197.wes@softweyr.com> cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Userland PPP/PPTP tunneling problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 04:11:40 -0000 On Thursday 17 April 2003 12:52, Brett Glass wrote: > At 01:26 PM 4/17/2003, Bill Fumerola wrote: > >> I don't understand. Why is /24 more "natural" than /16? > > > >because that address is in class C space, not class B. read rfc791. > > As I understand it, that portion of RFC791 was obsolete decades ago. > (Even if it weren't, you should be able to subdivide the > address space.) Your understanding is correct, Microsoft's isn't. No surprise there, on either side. -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com