Re: (PM) Supernet giving some strange results...

John Lange (microjl@palacenet.net)
Fri, 07 May 1999 11:54:34 -0500

HI

Did the same thing here a few months ago. I just made sure that those
ranges were not used. I stuck the extra reouters, etc, in that space...

JOhn:}

At 12:33 PM 5/7/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I've just finished supernetting two Class Cs (207.87.254.0 - 207.87.255.255,
>NM: 255.255.254.0) to accommodate up to 10 PM3s and some spare IPs for
>routers, servers, etc...
>
>The problem is that one of the portmaster IP pools span the area where the
>two networks meet and the result is that people who are assigned the
>addresses of 207.87.254.255 and 207.87.255.0 have problems;
>
>207.87.254.255 can't ping the PM3 or the router.
>207.87.255.0 CAN ping the PM3, but can't ping the router.
>There are no filters set up for the account being tested.
>
>I'm sure these addresses will cause problems in other regards... is there a
>way to make the PM3 not assign these numbers other than reassigning the
>pools so that it doesn't cross the boundary?
>
>PS: It's a fairly simple network and we're using static routing on the core
>router.
>
>Bob Nichols
>Systems Administrator,
>IOCnet / Internet Of Concord
>sysadmin@iocnet.net
>
>
>
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