Funny this discussion surfaced now - I got bitten by this recently. Was using .255 for NAT on a secondary firewall. When the primary failed over, parts of the Internet became unreachable...
Tim:> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Mark Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:43:36 -0700 > Kameron Gasso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Christopher Morrow wrote: >> > go-go-actiontec (vol sends those out, god do they suck...) >> >> Crappy CPE's are exactly why we don't hand out .0 and .255 addresses in >> our DHCP pools. :( >> -- >> Kameron Gasso | Senior Systems Administrator | visp.net >> Direct: 541-955-6903 | Fax: 541-471-0821 >> > > We avoid them because in the interest of "security", customers who > would be assigned .0 and .255 have trouble accessing their online > banking and other financial websites. With IPv4 address space running > out, we'll probably inevitably have to start handing them out and then > get our customers to complain to their bank etc. > > > Regards, > Mark. > > -- > > "Sheep are slow and tasty, and therefore must remain constantly > alert." > - Bruce Schneier, "Beyond Fear" > >
