[c-nsp] using the first and last ip address of a range > /24 in a local pool

[Peter Rathlev]

On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 01:46 +0300, Tassos Chatzithomaoglou wrote:
> We're thinking of using the following as a dsl pool:
> 
> ip local pool test-pool 192.168.0.0 192.168.255.255
> 
> which means 192.168.x.0 and 192.168.x.255 will be given as ip
> addresses to hosts (CPEs and PCs).
> 
> Has anyone met any issues with .0 and .255 as host addresses?

We have used /23 and larger DHCP pools and have never had any problems
with addresses ending in .0 and .255.

I could imagine one or two retarded (personal) firewalls that would balk
at those, but I don't think anything mainstream does.

Are they for PtP links? Where on the PC would the address be used, i.e.
what interface?

-- 
Peter