General Subnetting Question (not Windows Specific)

Hi group,

I have a general question regarding subnetting Public IP's: If I create
several subnets, of say a 131.29.0.0 network, is it possible to have
duplicate IP's on seperate subnets? If so, how can I be able to ping the
internal IP from the Internet, since the Internet does not make use of subnet
masks?

In other words, if I have a duplicate IP but on seperate subnets (i.e. using
different subnet masks), how can an Internet based host determine which IP to
connect to?

Thanks.

No, you can't.

"bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi group,
>
> I have a general question regarding subnetting Public IP's: If I create
> several subnets, of say a 131.29.0.0 network, is it possible to have
> duplicate IP's on seperate subnets? If so, how can I be able to ping the
> internal IP from the Internet, since the Internet does not make use of
> subnet
> masks?
>
> In other words, if I have a duplicate IP but on seperate subnets (i.e.
> using
> different subnet masks), how can an Internet based host determine which IP
> to
> connect to?
>
> Thanks.