>
>
> ***One thing that you may need to look further into is whether the Linux IP
> stack supports zero-subnet usage - I don't know enough about how Linux's
> implementation. The first and last subnets of a network (according to the RFC)
> are not usable because they constitute an "all ones" or an "all zeros" subnet
> (broadcast and network respectively). You can't assign addresses in the "all
> ones" subnets, but it is a common (although not highly recommended) tactic to
> use the zero subnet to conserve on the usage of IP addresses. Many stacks now
> support this (router IOS, NT, etc.). Again, I am not sure about Linux, and
> it's not a documented standard.
I would be pretty sure that Linux supports subnet zero so I wouldn't worry
about that. In fact subnet zero works here. As well it should since it
is a documented standard as RFC1878 was published in 95.
GT
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