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From: edb@crg8.sequent.com (Edward Bunch)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco
Subject: Re: Subnet 0
Message-ID: <20599@crg5.UUCP>
Date: 30 Nov 90 00:26:11 GMT
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I've heard this subnet 0 stuff before but I don't understand *exactly*
what they mean by it. I can see the example of a class B being
subnetted 8 bits pretty clearly.

( 138.95.X.Y ; X nor Y can be 0 )

Y I really understand, no hosts can be 0.  X isn't so clear. Doesn't
all this 138.95 stuff on the left keep the network from being 0?

What if we are doing something weird like subnetting 9 bits?
Which address configurations do I avoid now?

		Ed