Re: "Several Hundred RIP Routes"

Curt Sampson (curt@portal.ca)
Fri, 24 Nov 1995 12:47:04 -0800 (PST)

On Fri, 24 Nov 1995, Leo Savage wrote:

> Hmmm... The PM 2eR-30 handles up to 30 lines, but can run one or (at
> most) two over, for a total of 32 IP addresses. Coincidence? <grin>

If the netmask gives you 32 addresses, you can only use thirty.
(The all-zeros address refers to the network itself, and the all
ones is the broadcast address.)

cjs

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