all [0s|1]'s subnets
Andrew Smith
awsmith at rip.ops.neosoft.com
Mon Oct 7 16:35:40 UTC 1996
>
>
> I keep running into people (Ascend tech support, joeblow ISP tech support off the street)
> that say that it's improper to use the all 0s or all 1's subnets (ie .0 and whatever
> has .255 in it). Since CIDR, I thought the philosophy was 'use everything', but I can't
> seem to find the explicit recommendation to start using the .0 subnet... can anyone
> help with a pointer to the pertinent RFC ?
>
> --Zachary
>
RFC 1812
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