On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 12:57 PM Fernando Frediani <[email protected]> wrote: > How would it be possible that something marked as *Future* Use be > blocked at the firmware level on any network equipment ?
Hi Fernando, In network equipment the line between software and firmware is blurry at best. A lot of network software blocks assignment of addresses in 240/4 to interfaces. e.g. in Linux: ifconfig lo:1 240.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.255 SIOCSIFADDR: Invalid argument SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address SIOCSIFNETMASK: Cannot assign requested address but ip addr add 240.0.0.1/32 dev lo works. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin [email protected] https://bill.herrin.us/ _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
