Re: Does it have to be 255?

And with a 0.0.0.0 network, just how are you going to handle a gateway of last resort? ""Cthulu, CCIE Candidate"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 8p3k0e$ik7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8p3k0e$ik7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi, all, > > I wanted to stimulate some discussion on subnetting here. I was

Re: Does it have to be 255?

Stop thinkking subnets, start thinking in CIDR terms. It should theoretically be possible to aggregate with up to a /0 (0.0.0.0/0 - everything!). However, if we look at usable address space, besides /0, some of the smallest prefixes are not practical:- 0.0.0.0/1 = 0.0.0.0 - 127.255.255.255 (inc

RE: Does it have to be 255?

Not to mention your RFC1918 Address ranges. -- Kevin Welch > -Original Message- > 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] > Subj