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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	That's actually a fairly common practice. .252 gives you over 1000 useable addresses on a subnet. So, if your network is made up of more than 253 objects, then a .255 mask wouldn't really work if the plan was to keep them on the same subnet. You'd have to drop the subnet down to increase usable node addresses. On the flip side, having a subnet at .252 (or lower) can result in a lot of broadcast traffic on one subnet, which might not be beneficial. But it's certainly useable and quite common. I have one environment that uses .252, with ~20 servers, ~350 users, plus wireless access points, a dozen printers, 15 switches, video editing suites, firewalls, etc. All works extremely well. Loading...
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