[racktables-users] Re: /32 Network Issues

Are you sure that you want a /32   

Using a /32 would mean that you have only one host in the network...  

how many hosts do you have in that subnet?

Luis

On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 12:23 -0400, Rundle, Paul wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>                 I seemed to have come across two problems with /32
> networks that I am unable to resolve and hope that somebody will help
> me to figure out. 
> 
>  
> 
> We use /32 netmasks for our router loopback addresses.
> 
>  
> 
>  Somehow (and I’m not sure how) I had managed to add a
> 192.168.254.1/32 Network to the IPV4 space but when I try to define
> the address to the router as a loopback I get the following error;
> there is no network for IP address "192.168.254.1"
> 
>  
> 
> When I try and add another /32 Network to the IPV4 Space I get the
> following error; Generic error: Invalid netmask
> 
>  
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks
> 
>  
> 
> Paul Rundle        
> 
> Senior Network Engineer
> 
> Time Warner Cable
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