Re: Static Routing 172.16.0.0/32

[Jason Kuehl <jason.w.kuehl () gmail com>]

+1 for gross comment.

On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 2:57 PM, Hunter Fuller <hf0002+nanog () uah edu> wrote:

> I think I'd rate this one as "gross but technically not breaking any rules
> I suppose." (I couldn't find any at first glance, anyway.)
>
> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 1:55 PM Ryan Hamel <Ryan.Hamel () quadranet com>
> wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > A colleague of mine has static routed 172.16.0.0/32 to a usable IP
> > address, to have a single known IP address be static routed to a regions
> > closest server. While I understand the IP address does work (pings and
> what
> > not), I don't feel this should be the proper IP address used, but
> something
> > more feasible like a usable IP in a dedicated range (172.31.0.0/24 for
> > example).
> >
> > I would to hear everyone's thoughts on this, as this the first IP address
> > in an RFC1918 range.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
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> Hunter Fuller
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