[nsp] /30 over WAN links

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 09:28:43PM -0500, jlewis at lewis.org wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 01:40:44PM -0800, Hudson Delbert J Contr 61 CS/SCBN wrote:
> > > no waste. a net addy, 2 end point IPS and a bcast.
> > 
> > Wastes 2 addresses for every 2 used.  Go for unnumbered or /31s.
> 
> Other than certain recent IOS versions, does anything else support /31 WAN 
> interfaces?

Hmmm, at least Bintec routers do.  They have no notion of a subnet mask 
for transit networks on p2p links - you configure a single IP address for 
your side and for the other side.  If they happen to be adjacent, you're
using a /31 :)

gert
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