Re: OSPF and Assigned Address Pool (fwd)

Evan Champion (evanc@synapse.net)
Mon, 12 May 1997 23:50:12 -0400

MegaZone wrote:
> It has an algorithm for determining the least number of routes needed to
> cover the pool. Personally I think that's pretty slick...

On the other hand, it's kind of shocking to go look at your router's
routing table to find that it's filled with routes with bizarre
netmasks. I couldn't figure out what it was doing, and it took some
brainstorming with Livingston tech support before we figured it out (at
the time, they didn't know that's what it was doing either).

Considering that the addresss space is probably wasted anyway and the
confusion it can cause, I'm not sure how useful it really is.

Evan