RE: dhcp server subnetting
> You may like to know that 10.0.0.0 is a class A network, so
> you can legally
> use a netmask of 255.0.0.0 and a broadcast of 10.255.255.255
> without any
Nope, 10.0.0.0 is not a class A network anymore! 10.0.0.0 is just a
single address out of for example 8.0.0.0/6. CIDR has been around since
1993. See RFC1519.
10.0.0.0/8 is one of the three CIDR blocks in RFC 1918 space.
(10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16)
Clueful people around here, have silently agreed to say /8, /16 and /24
instead of class X, because classes do not only mean prefix length but
also ip address range.
For example "Class A address" once ment any ip addresses in the range
from 1.0.0.0 to 126.255.255.255. "Class A network" ment any of the
networks 1.0.0.0/8 to 126.0.0.0/8 with a mask of 255.0.0.0.
Have fun,
Boyan Krosnov, CCIE#8701
http://boyan.ludost.net/
Just another techie speaking for himself
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