[j-nsp] /31 subnet mask

[Richard A Steenbergen]

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 02:49:12PM +0200, sunnyday wrote:
> hello can any one explain the use of a /31 subnet mask i know its for
> saving ip addresses etc etc but i need to know how it works,limitations 
> and how to implement it.

Be warned, some vendors still don't play nice with /31, and will do Very 
Bad Things (tm) the day you plug them into your nice /31 using Juniper 
network and start routing packets to them. The biggest "should know better 
but doesn't" offender is probably Foundry, though I'm sure there are 
others.

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