Unicast currently ends at 223.255.255.255. 224.0.0.0/4 is multicast and I believe that 240.0.0.0/5 248.0.0.0/6 252.0.0.0/6 are listed as reserved for experimental purposes. Owen --On March 31, 2006 5:06:54 AM -0500 Joe Maimon <jmaimon@ttec.com> wrote:
4271 specifies that bgp identifier must be a valid unicast ip address
So what is the larget 32 bit value expressed as a dotted quad that meets this requirement?
Is it the last address in class c? class e? Can 255.x.x.x be used?
Do all vendors implement this?
I understand that draft-ietf-idr-bgp-identifier-06.txt does away with the above requirements. Is this something I should ask vendors if they will support it?
Thanks,
Joe
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