1. A single known ip address that redirects to the closest internal repo server. 172.16.0.0/32 redirects to a usable subnet ip in 172.16.xx.xx by static route. 2. Internal private network that is reachable by clients. -------- Original message -------- From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us> Date: 12/8/17 1:34 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Ryan Hamel <Ryan.Hamel@quadranet.com> Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Static Routing 172.16.0.0/32 On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 10:13 PM, Ryan Hamel <Ryan.Hamel@quadranet.com<mailto:Ryan.Hamel@quadranet.com>> wrote: A colleague of mine has static routed 172.16.0.0/32<http://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<http://172.31.0.0/24> for example). Hi Ryan, Some clarifications: 1. You say, "static routed to a regions closest server." What do you mean by that? A static-routed anycast address? 2. In what reachability context? Is this a private network? An ISP network where the reachability should be the ISP and its customers? Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com<mailto:herrin@dirtside.com> bill@herrin.us<mailto:bill@herrin.us> Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>