[3989] in linux-net channel archive
routing other then class A,B,C...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Merillat)
Fri Aug 9 23:05:18 1996
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 04:34:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dan Merillat <harik@ao.net>
To: Linux-Net List <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu>
Ok, this is kindof strange.
I was playing around with routing and supernetting.
routing > 255.255.255.0 works (I.E. I route 4 bits and 6 bits, no prob.)
but I couldn't get it to work right on 255.255.252.0.
When I tried it (I.E. traceroute to each class C from xxx.xxx.0.0 to
xxx.xxx.4.0) The first one worked, but the subsequent 3 didn't have routes
properly. I was wondering if I setup something incorrectly or if
subnetting like that only worked for subnets smaller then class C's.
From what I can tell, it's supposed to work across the board, so internet
routers can route huge blocks that arn't convienenltly class A, B or C.
Any ideas?
--Dan
