[NTLUG:Discuss] Verizon Fiber

[David I S Mandala]

David Simmons wrote:
[snip]
> 
> P.S. wanted to answer your question, but also 'move on' for those that
> don't want the 'techno-babble'.  Here's the meat of my complaint with
> their setup:
> 
> I believed I was getting a /29....which means 8 IP's, but only 5 are
> usable because the first IP is the network definition..the second the
> gateway for the range...and the last the Broadcast...so I thought it would
> be:
> 
> .8  - Network Definition
> .9  - Gateway
> .10 - .14   - the Five usuable IP's
> .15 - Broadcast IP
> 255.255.255.248  - Subnet Mask
> 
> upon setting up my rig for that...no routing/traffic would move...if I
> used one of the 5, it worked.....so the tech support calls started..what I
> have is:
> 
> .1  - Gateway (usually for the whole Class C)
> .10 - .14  - the Five usuable IP's
> 255.255.255.0  - Subnet Mask
> 
> even though Arin.net shows that I am the whole /29.....so I've come to the
> conclusion that:
> 
> 1)  Either a super-admin is setting it up...and has very specific reasons
> 2)  Wild Monkeys are in charge and must only be MSCE's
> 

Interesting, they are having you allocat an entire class C to use only 5 
  ip address, that is odd. What happens if you use .9 or .15? Is it 
blocked or does it just work?

I don't have any static ip's so I've not had the pleasure of this yet.

Cheers,

David
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