On 2/24/06, Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nathan wrote: > > Ok, some type of use like that would make sense. But it's still bad > > marketing to "sell 8, but you can only use 5." It should be, "sell 5, > > plus you get 3 nifty special-function IP addresses at no extra > > charge!" > > Well they are only being honest. To give you your own subnet you do > have to have these other 3 special ip addresses. There's no real way > around that if you want to keep it as a real subnet that's independently > addressable. So they do have to assign you 8 ip addresses total, of > which you can use 5 for anything.
Good point. If I were in their shoes, I would simply make it clear to the customers that 3 of the eight are reserved for special purposes, or something like that rather than leaving it up in the air. ~ Nathan -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
