Not to mention your RFC1918 Address ranges.
-- Kevin Welch
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> ElephantChild
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 5:59 PM
> To: Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Does it have to be 255?
>
>
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Cthulu, CCIE Candidate wrote:
>
> > why shouldn't I do this (see below): Granted, classful
> routing protocols
> > such as RIP V1 would probably sicken and be unable to handle
> something like
> > this, but what of EIGRP and OSPF? IS-IS? Something like this
> would be good
> > for aggregation purposes (BGP)??
> >
> > Technically, doing the straight math, we have two subnets
> containing all the
> > host addresses in the free world!!! Wowza! ("Bob, we just
> lost Wichita!")
> >
> > 0.0.0.0 to 127.255.255.255 (subnet number and its associated broadcast
> > address, first host address would be 0.0.0.1)
> > 128.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255 (subnet number and its associated broadcast
> > address, first host address would be 128.0.0.1)
>
> 128.0.0.0/1 includes the multicast address range (224.0.0.0/4) aka
> "class D" and the reserved address range (240.0.0.0/16) aka "class E"
> (IIRC). This is a Bad Thing(tm).
>
> --
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> true gut-wrenching terror, have children. --Dusty Rhoades.
>
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