If you are using OSPF and telling it to advertise it will advertise the
assigned pool in a few different routes with varying netmasks to get the
exact number of ip addresses routed.
On Sun, 13 Jul 1997, Larry Vaden wrote:
> At 06:06 PM 7/13/97 -0700, MegaZone wrote:
> >Once upon a time Larry Vaden shaped the electrons to say...
> >>Please utter your recommendations for operating on, e.g., a /27, including
> >>for the ether0 interface as well as the assigned ip pool `[8-))
> >
> >'set ether0 netmask 255.255.255.224'
> >
> >I don't see any difference in the unit operation being on a /27 as compared
> >to a /24 - are you running into a problem?
> >
> >-MZ
>
> So this would set the netmask on both ether0 and the pool, which is a
> different net, correct?