Re: [Leaf-devel] Question about Network Masks

2001-10-18 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 11:52 AM 10/18/01 -0400, David Douthitt wrote: >What would you consider to be the smallest and largest valid netmask >that contains IP addresses? I thought it would be /2 and /30, but it >turns out Class K is 222.x.x.x/31 and 223.x.x.x/31. > >How can they do that? With a netmask of /31 have o

[Leaf-devel] Question about Network Masks

2001-10-18 Thread David Douthitt
What would you consider to be the smallest and largest valid netmask that contains IP addresses? I thought it would be /2 and /30, but it turns out Class K is 222.x.x.x/31 and 223.x.x.x/31. How can they do that? With a netmask of /31 have one bit for hosts. If you remove the broadcast IP (bit