On 14-apr-2006, at 15:52, Peter Dambier wrote:
That being said, I do acknowledge that larger companies such as
global
ISPs do have a problem with the RFC1918 space being too small. This
brings the debate of what to do with class E, either make it extended
private space or make it global unicast.
When develloping IASON, first I found out, CISCO boxes would not
allow me
to use class E addresses nor would HP boxes.
Next I found out Linux boxes would not either.
I guess most boxes will not allow you to use these addresses.
Use a Mac. :-)
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 240.240.240.240 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast
240.240.240.255
(Also the only major OS that has IPv6 turned on by default.)
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