[j-nsp] Class E IP addresses

Chuck Anderson cra at WPI.EDU
Mon Mar 8 16:08:26 EST 2010


>From 9.6 release notes:

  Class E addresses—The JUNOS Software now allows Class E addresses to be
  configured on interfaces. To allow Class E addresses to be configured on
  interfaces, remove the Class E prefix from the list of martian addresses by
  including the [edit routing-options martians 240/4 orlonger allow] configuration
  statement.

Whoa.  What is the use of this?  While it sounds like a neat idea to 
reclaim Class E for actual use in this age of IPv4 depletion, the idea 
loses its appeal once you realize the huge numbers of legacy devices 
that won't want to have anything to do with Class E.


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