On 3 Aug 2005, at 16:15, Roy Badami wrote:
Marlon> just remember that not all networks use '126.255.255.255' Marlon> as a broadcast address. there are non-broadcast networks Marlon> where that address is a 'host' one.
Surely the only networks on which this can be a host are:
one using a /7 or shorter netmask a /31 (as per RFC3021)
[root@felix]# ifconfig lo0 inet 126.255.255.255 netmask 255.255.255.255 alias [root@felix]# ping 126.255.255.255 PING 126.255.255.255 (126.255.255.255): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 126.255.255.255: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.088 ms 64 bytes from 126.255.255.255: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.062 ms ^C --- 126.255.255.255 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.062/0.075/0.088/0.013 ms [root@felix]# Inserting the host route for 126.255.255.255/32 into an adjacent IGP is similarly straightforward. Joe