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Cisco router 2600 how to Check and set IP subnet - zero?

Hello

I have a cisco router 2600.
How do I set the router to "IP Subnet - Zero" ?
What does this mean?
How can I check the current setting?

Thanks

- Jeff

mikebernhardt

Type, in config mode, "ip subnet-zero" to make the change. Newer versions of IOS have it on by default. To check, type "show running-config" and the config will say it if it's on. If it's not in the config, it's off.

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PennGwyn

> For example, 192.168.0.0 / 24 is subnet-zero of the 192.168.x.x class C address space.

No, 192.168.0.0/24 IS the 192.168.0.x class C address range.

192.168.0.0/28 is subnet "0" of the 16 possible /28 subnets within the 192.168.0.x class C address space.

When subnetting was introduced, there was some concern that 192.168.0.0 was ambiguously the network address of both the 192.168.0.0/28 subnet and the 192.168.0.0/24 class C space. So Cisco implemented rules which would not let you use the 192.168.0.0/28 subnet (you could still use 192.168.0.16/28, 192.168.0.32/28, etc) unless you configured "ip subnet-zero" indicating that you had determined that it was safe to do so on your network.

As far as I know, nobody has ever actually had a problem with this, which is why this setting is ON by default in recent IOSes.