30 May
2003
30 May
'03
1:22 p.m.
Bill Manning wrote: that said, as long as your lab is never going to connect to the Internet, you may want to consider using the following prefixes: [..] 127.0.0.0/8
I would not use 127.0.0.0/8 for anything.
Michel.
that would be you. in 1989, i built a 6,000 node network w/ 400 subnets out of that address range. worked a treat. since then the UNIX fascists have tightened their grip on what the enterprising admin can do w/ that portion of the address map. now 127.0.0.0/8 seems mostly good for things like NTP and "host" addresses, not tied to any specific interface. still useful for some of us. --bill