[47409] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: /31 mask address
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Manolo Hernandez)
Fri May 3 16:50:31 2002
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Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 16:46:20 -0400
From: Manolo Hernandez <mhernand@ustdata.com>
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Andre Chapuis wrote:
For what purpose can this be used? Can a point to point link function
with this subnet mask? It would be ok if the requirement for a network
and broadcast IP were removed.
Regards,
Mannu
>Hi Simon,
>What IOS are you using /31s with ?
>André
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Simon Lockhart" <simonl@rd.bbc.co.uk>
>To: "Toan Do" <toando9@aol.com>
>Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
>Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 10:26 PM
>Subject: Re: /31 mask address
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>On Fri May 03, 2002 at 04:24:16PM -0400, Toan Do wrote:
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>>Has anyone used /31 mask addresses on their network?
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>Yes, works fine (on an all Cisco network).
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>We're starting to use /31's on internal links. Links to third parties
>are still /30's, as most other people are still wary.
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>Simon
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