Stupid Question maybe?

Grant Taylor gtaylor at tnetconsulting.net
Tue Dec 18 23:26:59 UTC 2018


On 12/18/2018 03:12 PM, David Edelman wrote:
> I seem to remember that before the advent of VLSM and CIDR there was 
> no requirement for the 1 bits in the netmask to be contiguous with no 
> intervening 0 bits and there was always someone who tested it out on a 
> production network just to prove a point (usually only once)

I would love to hear some confirmation of this, or even first hand 
experience.

/Mainly/ for historical / trivial purposes.  (Don't ask, don't tell.)



-- 
Grant. . . .
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