[KLUG Members] some network questions

[Bert Bbbink]

>You are taking advice from a telco engineer?!  He says that because they
>don't know how to configure a routed network.  Never let a telco person
>within 15 feet of your router.  If need be just install an automated
>motion-activated machine gun turret and mow them critters down into
>crimson sticky paste.

agree completely. You have an address where to order this equipment?

> I'll never forget the day I looked over the
>shoulder of an SBC tech at one of our locations who way keying in static
>routes to all our locations... this was the next step on the check list
>AFTER enabling OSPF routing.


Okee. I understand that 255.254.255 is an illegal subnet. This case shows
not all systems seem to recognize this, allow it and even have no problem
with it.

I also understand that you should not have an overlap in you subnets. What
I don't understand is the behavior seen on this networks. How more I try
to find a resonal explanation how more fuzzy it gets.

Maybe there is no real explanation and its all just irational that
rarp/compression infuences router/subnet behavior in this way. At the end
this could point to an flaw in router software.
Maybe I should just leave it there and is the explanation those telco guys
gave just the right answer: unlogical & unrepeatable.


most regards,

bert.