Search Again: Re: Sorta OT: Subnetting Advantage? From: Men & Mice Support Date: Monday, January 17, 2000 Time: 2:47:00 am At 12:33 PM -0700 1/16/2000, Warren Michelsen wrote: >My upstream has allocated to me a block of addresses from >209.140.24.57 (the gateway) to .62. and my subnet mask is >255.255.255.248. > >Since they are not delegating my block to me for reverse DNS (they >are doing my reverse), what is the advantage of subnetting? Does >subnetting have any effect on DNS if I'm not doing my own reverse? Subnetting has no effect on DNS if the subnet's reverse records aren't delegated. The advantages to your ISP of subnetting are: o They don't allocate large quantities of addresses to you that you aren't going to use - there is something of a shortage of IP addresses. o Their routing tables are simpler. o They don't have to fill out the forms to request additional blocks of addresses. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton cbuxton@menandmice.com Men & Mice http://www.menandmice.com Makers of: QuickDNS Pro

Messages In This Thread: Sorta OT: Subnetting Advantage? by Warren Michelsen on Jan 16, 2000 at 7:33:00 pm Re: Sorta OT: Subnetting Advantage? by Men & Mice Support on Jan 17, 2000 at 2:47:00 am