[154675] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: job screening question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu)
Sat Jul 7 21:17:35 2012
To: Randy <randy_94108@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:03:43 -0700."
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From: valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2012 21:16:28 -0400
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:03:43 -0700, Randy said:
> > "What's the problem with using 255.255.255.247 as a subnet mask if you
> > want to make a LAN subnet with 12 hosts?"
> > (5 word answer)
I'm not sure if that's a typo or excessive evil on the part of the questioner. ;)
> My response would be: Discontiguous subnet masks were allowed in the pre-CIDR era.
Yes, but even if it was *legal*, the "subnet doesn't contain 12 addresses" answer applies. ;)
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