On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 12:25 -0500, Simón Ruiz wrote: > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Andrew Latham > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know that companies and organizations will continue to use > > addressing that _looks_ or _feels_ right. Remember that the _looks_ > > and _feels_ can bite you later. > > I appreciate your rant in that I wasn't aware that 10.0.0.0/8 is the > only standard way to use the 10.*.*.* range of IP addresses. I shall > try to remember this in the future. > > On the other hand, even *thinking* about going through and > reconfiguring every single piece of relevant equipment in our > possession and then re-training myself not to think of the HS subnet > as 10.0.*.* and the MS as 10.1.*.*, etc. is very, very, very, very > painful. > > So, the argument of "Well, the system was here when I've arrived and > I've yet to see a problem with it." that I just made in a quote > earlier in this sentence is not meant as refutation of your argument > about standards and best practices, but as a defense mechanism that > allows me to avoid feeling compelled to bring our subnet usage in line > with said standards and best practices. > > The further argument that I will make in the following quote, "So, if > my chances of ever seeing this be a problem are less than 50%, and the > likely problems I might see would be limited to a specific device or > two that I could replace (or just not buy), is it really worth it?", > is likewise not aimed at your illuminating rant but at the idea of how > much network (computers, phones, e-mail server, web server, etc.) > down-time I imagine we would need to inflict on our end-users in the > process. > > </rant> > > ;-) > > Simón
<rant> Can't/Shouldn't these problems be resolved by using devices and software that are CIDR complaint and even better yet support also supernets? I understand that people make devices and software that are broken or just plain designed poorly but file bugs or don't use/purchase them. You shouldn't have to structure your network around devices/software that are just understand classful networks which began being obsoleted around 1994. </rant> Please comment and correct me where I am wrong or if I totally missed the point of these rants. Thanks, Ben Quick references: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classful_network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernet _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org
