he wanted to show that you can use the whole network 10.0.0.0 in an
area.notice he use 255.255.255.255 as the mask of the area meaning everthing
or he could have
10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 0
or
10.64.0.1 0.0.0.0 area 0
or
10.64.0.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
notice in the side hes states that you can define the network or an
interface.
"Field, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> In the ACRC book (page 200), the author shows the 10.64.0.1/24
> network being placed into an area 0 with the command:
>
> network 10.64.0.1 0.0.0.0 area 0
>
> Why is the wild card mask 0.0.0.0 used and not a mask
> which matches the actual manner in which the network
> has been subneted? Is there any difference to the operation
> of the router, area, OSPF, or area routing if the above was
> changed to:
>
> network 10.64.0.1 0.0.0.255 area 0
>
> ?
>
> If the above two forms result in identical operation,
> why is the wild card mask required?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
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