[89668] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "Bad bgp identifier"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mikael Abrahamsson)
Fri Mar 31 06:34:27 2006
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:33:46 +0200 (CEST)
From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
To: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
Cc: Joe Maimon <jmaimon@ttec.com>, nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <D320993767B68A569C8F8A19@odpwrbook.hq.netli.lan>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Owen DeLong wrote:
> Unicast currently ends at 223.255.255.255.
> 224.0.0.0/4 is multicast and I believe that
> 240.0.0.0/5
> 248.0.0.0/6
> 252.0.0.0/6 are listed as reserved for experimental purposes.
From RFC3330:
240.0.0.0/4 - This block, formerly known as the Class E address
space, is reserved. The "limited broadcast" destination address
255.255.255.255 should never be forwarded outside the (sub-)net of
the source. The remainder of this space is reserved for future use.
[RFC1700, page 4]
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Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se