Can you point me to anything that says a /32 isn't a valid subnet ?
@Brian it doesn't actually reserve a bcast address for /31, /32
root@arosen-laptop:/home/arosen# ifconfig eth0 192.168.3.1/32 root@arosen-laptop:/home/arosen# ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 40:6c:8f:1a:a9:31 inet addr:192.168.3.1 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:0.0.0.0
root@arosen-laptop:/home/arosen# ifconfig eth0 192.168.3.1/31 root@arosen-laptop:/home/arosen# ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 40:6c:8f:1a:a9:31 inet addr:192.168.3.1 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.254
I agree though this isn't very useful but I don't see why we shouldn't support it over not supporting it.
Can you point me to anything that says a /32 isn't a valid subnet ?
@Brian it doesn't actually reserve a bcast address for /31, /32
root@arosen- laptop: /home/arosen# ifconfig eth0 192.168.3.1/32 laptop: /home/arosen# ifconfig eth0 255.255. 255 Mask:0.0.0.0
root@arosen-
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 40:6c:8f:1a:a9:31
inet addr:192.168.3.1 Bcast:255.
root@arosen- laptop: /home/arosen# ifconfig eth0 192.168.3.1/31 laptop: /home/arosen# ifconfig eth0 255.255. 255 Mask:255. 255.255. 254
root@arosen-
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 40:6c:8f:1a:a9:31
inet addr:192.168.3.1 Bcast:255.
I agree though this isn't very useful but I don't see why we shouldn't support it over not supporting it.