That's a zero subnet, there are no 1 bits in the subnet. Subnet bits are 0.255.255.0, and they are all zero's...
Fred Reimer - CCNA Eclipsys Corporation, 200 Ashford Center North, Atlanta, GA 30338 Phone: 404-847-5177 Cell: 770-490-3071 Pager: 888-260-2050 NOTICE; This email contains confidential or proprietary information which may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the named recipient(s). If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected the email, please notify the author by replying to this message. If you are not the named recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should immediately delete it from your computer. -----Original Message----- From: Iwan Hoogendoorn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 9:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bad mask /24 for address ???? [7:73801] I was trying to assign an IP address with an subnetmask to the interface E0 and i got this strange message: Bad mask /24 for address 10.0.0.10 here is what i did: RouterA(config)#int e0 RouterA(config-if)#ip add 10.0.0.10 255.255.255.0 Bad mask /24 for address 10.0.0.10 Can someone tell me what i did wron ...this is suposing to work right? Thank You Iwan **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=73839&t=73801 -------------------------------------------------- **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html