If you think about this logically, every IP address in your networkor the Internet is unique, regardless of mask, so why send the mask? The mask only becomes relevant locally.
Symon ------------------- > In the local configuration of every device. > > Priscilla > > At 08:07 AM 12/20/01, steve skinner wrote: > >go on then pris...... > > > >you have wetted my appetite ....where is the the subnet mask kept if it isnt > >in the ip packet ????? > > > > > > >From: "Priscilla Oppenheimer" > > >Reply-To: "Priscilla Oppenheimer" > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: Re: Mask in L3 Packet [7:29182] > > >Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:42:36 -0500 > > > > > >From its own local config. The mask isn't in the IP packet, which does > > >come as a surpise to some people! If this isn't what you're getting at, > > >just let us know....... > > > > > >Priscilla > > > > > >At 08:20 AM 12/14/01, you wrote: > > > >This may sound like a dumb quesion, but if I send a packet to a > different > > > >host, where is the subnet mask? Where does a host get the subnet mask > > >info > > > >to do an AND operation? > > >________________________ > > > > > >Priscilla Oppenheimer > > >http://www.priscilla.com > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > >http://www.hotmail.com > ________________________ > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > http://www.priscilla.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cheers, Symon Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=29832&t=29182 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
