Re: IRX with 2 class "C"

Greg Merrell (greg@netuser.com)
Tue, 17 Oct 1995 07:38:52 -0700 (PDT)

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mike@softronics.com (Mike Pierson) wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I was wondering what the difference is using two class C address across an
>IRX211 vs subnetting a single class C? I am currently subnetting with a
>netmask of 255.255.255.128. Would i just assign each side of the irx with
>it's own class C and then netmask at 255.255.255.255? Some new filters
>maybe? I'd like to put our inside network on a different block of IP's.
>Could it be this easy?

Use of a .128 netmask for a Class-C network is usually to be discouraged.
See http://www.vii.com/portmaster/subnet.html for a more detailed discussion.

Greg

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