From: OhioHondo (ohiohondo@columbus.rr.com)
Date: Sat Apr 05 2003 - 10:27:30 GMT-3
As mentioned by others, a /32 mask on the loopback makes sense since it only
represents one device and you should want to conserve network addresses.
In OSPF the loopback is considered a stub by default and is advertised as a
/32 regardless of what subnet mask you apply. If you need to get around
this, define the loopback interface as an OSPF network type pt-pt.
The loopback interface in OSPF is reported as a stub network
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
Emad
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 12:23 AM
To: CCIE LAB (E-mail)
Subject: loopback address
Dear all,
Why we usually put loopback addresses as 32-bit? And is it right that
whatever we put the loopback address, it will be advertised as 32-bit even
if we put it as 24bit address, and if you have a good document about this
issue , plz advise.
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