[c-nsp] subnet mask confusion?

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:21:17PM -0700, sky vader wrote:
> when using the following mask errors out as bad mask when used on an 
> interface.
> 
> labasa(config-if)# ip address 10.0.10.100 255.0.255.255
> ERROR: Bad mask 255.0.255.255 for address 10.0.1.100

This is no longer meaningful, and thus not allowed.

> works on an access-list,
> 
> labasa(config-if)#access-list 101 extended permit ip any 10.0.10.150 
> 255.0.255.255

This is not a netmask, but a "ignore these bits" wildcard mask (and
particularily for normal networks, it's the *inverse* of the netmask,
so to match everything inside a /24 you'd use 0.0.0.255 in the ACL).

> Just wondering what am I missing?

Interface config needs to build a strictly hierarchical "longest match
first" routing structure, so the netmask needs to be left-contiguous
(nowadays, IOS 9 or 10 still permitted discontiguous netmasks).

ACLs match by clearing ignore bits and then comparing with the given
address, which can operate on any bits in the ACL mask.

gert

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