RE: IP allocation matrix question?

From: frank wells (fwells12@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Jan 22 2001 - 17:58:43 GMT-3


   
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<P>Exactly.&nbsp; My thought was when addressing your network, you should think
 about how you want to address loopback interfaces before ever applying any ip
addresses to any interfaces.&nbsp; OSPF's rule that uses highest loopback in th
e event there is one, should make us use the highest ip address we can from the
 block of addresses we decided to use on that router.&nbsp; By&nbsp;assigning i
t to a loopback, rather than&nbsp;physical interface,&nbsp;we can be assured of
&nbsp;our RID's and&nbsp;they will not change with a reboot etc.&nbsp;&nbsp;It
would not be wise to arbitrarily put ip addresses on loopbacks without thinking
 about their role in summarization too.&nbsp; </P>
<P>I just realized why assigning loopbacks first is the way to go though:&nbsp;
 The neighbor relationships will be made using those addresses, and would not c
hange with the later introduction of physical interface addressing, and reboots
 etc.&nbsp; This is opposite to my initial thinking on this.&nbsp; </P>
<P>Ronnie was right on the money.</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;From: Kyle Galusha <KGALUSHA@CISCO.COM>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;To: "frank wells" <FWELLS12@HOTMAIL.COM>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: RE: IP allocation matrix question?
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:57:01 -0600
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Frank the highest loopback will be the rid regardless of the int
erface
<DIV></DIV>&gt;address. If there are no loops then the highest address wins.
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Kyle
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;At 10:34 AM 1/22/2001 -0800, you wrote:
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; Explain your reasoning behind allocating looback addresses
 first please. I
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; thought it would be better to allocate them last so that t
hey are the highest
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; addresses on the routers. That way your RID's wouln't chan
ge if you reboot
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; etc.
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;From: Ronnie Royston
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Reply-To: Ronnie Royston
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;To: "'Dave Martin'" , ccielab@groupstudy.com
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Subject: RE: IP allocation matrix question?
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:19:43 -0600
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Yea, I do.
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Don't try and get all scientific about it. Even though
 you've spent alot of
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;time mastering the VLSM concept, it's easier to read r
outing tables if you
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;keep things as simple as possible - using incrementall
y higher numbers in
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;the 3rd octet for example even though you may have /24
 /25 /26 /27, etc. As
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;long as the network portion of your addressing is diff
erent for each subnet,
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;you won't have any overlapping issues. Also, before yo
u start typing or
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;writing, take into account if you are going to use loo
pbacks and allocate
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;those subnet numbers first. Hope that helps.
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;-----Original Message-----
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;From: Dave Martin [mailto:ciscoguy2000@hotmail.com]
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 10:59 PM
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Subject: IP allocation matrix question?
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Does anyone have any good tips for an IP allocation ma
trix for the lab?
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Thanks,
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;Dave
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; &gt;



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