if you have a subnet larger than /24 not using .0 and .255 gets somehwat wasteful...
we have observed some versions of windows having trouble connecting to hosts ending in .255. On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Christopher L. Morrow wrote: <SNIP> > > > > I've seen cable modem users have .0 ips. > > DSL ports too. I was spammed today from a Verizon DSL IP of 4.46.3.0. if you have a subnet larger than /24 not using .0 and .255 gets somehwat wasteful... we have observed some versions of windows having trouble connecting to hosts ending in .255. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jon Lewis *[EMAIL PROTECTED]*| I route > System Administrator | therefore you are > Atlantic Net | > _________ http://www.lewis.org/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key_________ > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Jaeggli Academic User Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PGP Key Fingerprint: 1DE9 8FCA 51FB 4195 B42A 9C32 A30D 121E -- In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of the scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
