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> > > Bill Manning wrote: > > that said, as long as your lab is never going to > > connect to the Internet, you may want to consider > > using the following prefixes: > > [..] > > 127.0.0.0/8 > > I would not use 127.0.0.0/8 for anything. > > Michel. > that would be you. in 1989, i built a 6,000 node network w/ 400 subnets out of that address range. worked a treat. since then the UNIX fascists have tightened their grip on what the enterprising admin can do w/ that portion of the address map. now 127.0.0.0/8 seems mostly good for things like NTP and "host" addresses, not tied to any specific interface. still useful for some of us. --bill
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