Golly, sorry to tell you this, but I think you are on the 'proverbial
crack'... I would answer B on any Cisco, MS, Nortel or any other test you
care to put in front of me...
A subnet mask determines the place where the bits on the left (the network
bits) are divided from the bits on the right (the host bits). If you had a
subnet mask of 0.255.255.0 you would basicly be saying that the network you
are on is the center 2 octets only, while the host bits are the first and
last octet.
I can't say that I have tried this on a private or a public network, but I
cannot see this working. Either the equipment would keep you from setting
this up, or the network would just not work. One of the central assumptions
of TCP/IP is that the network MUST be on the right and the hosts MUST be on
the left.
That said, if you ever try this PLEASE let me know how it goes!
HTH,
Casey
>From: "Aaron Moreau-Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Aaron Moreau-Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Subnet Question
>Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 17:47:43 -0700
>
>Question taken from the CCNA Exam Cram book by Walters, Rees, and Coe.
>
>A subnet mask can have a value of 0.255.255.0
>
>A) True
>B) False
>
>The Cisco answer would dictate that it is false, and in all functionality
>it
>is true. Hypothetically though it could be true, I rememeber this discusion
>a while ago, but I'm looking to see if I am smoking the proverbial crack.
>
>Thanks all!
>
>Aaron Moreau-Cook
>Finally taking his CCNA test this coming Friday....
>
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