Re: Subtleties of the 0.0.0.0 netmask (inet_ifa_match)

kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:06:28 +0400 (MSK DST)


Hello!

> Can an IP address be on every subnet (i.e. is 10.1.1.1 prefix 0 on every
> subnet)?

Of course. Why not? This means that 10.1.1.1 is address of this
interface and all the rest of internet is attached to this interface directly.

The thing which you want is 255.255.255.255.

Alexey
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