I think I'd rate this one as "gross but technically not breaking any rules I suppose." (I couldn't find any at first glance, anyway.)
On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 1:55 PM Ryan Hamel <ryan.ha...@quadranet.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > A colleague of mine has static routed 172.16.0.0/32 to a usable IP > address, to have a single known IP address be static routed to a regions > closest server. While I understand the IP address does work (pings and what > not), I don't feel this should be the proper IP address used, but something > more feasible like a usable IP in a dedicated range (172.31.0.0/24 for > example). > > I would to hear everyone's thoughts on this, as this the first IP address > in an RFC1918 range. > > Thanks, > > -- > Ryan Hamel > ryan.ha...@quadranet.com | +1 (888) 578-2372 <(888)%20578-2372> > QuadraNet, Inc. | Dedicated Servers, Colocation, Cloud > > -- -- Hunter Fuller Network Engineer VBH Annex B-5 +1 256 824 5331 Office of Information Technology The University of Alabama in Huntsville Systems and Infrastructure
