IP allocation gateway in subnet

Hi,

Does somebody know if any rfc describes or knows if there are any other
guidelines how to properly allocate gateway IPs in a subnet?
I know it is common to use the lowest or the higest IP in a subnet, but I
have not found any document which mentions this.

regards,
Danny

On 2009-05-19, Danny <nospamATwork.local> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Does somebody know if any rfc describes or knows if there are any other
> guidelines how to properly allocate gateway IPs in a subnet?
> I know it is common to use the lowest or the higest IP in a subnet, but I
> have not found any document which mentions this.
>
> regards,
> Danny
>
As long as the IPs are within the subnet range, as far as I know it
doesn't matter how they are allocated.

On 05/19/2009 06:20 PM, Danny wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does somebody know if any rfc describes or knows if there are any other
> guidelines how to properly allocate gateway IPs in a subnet?
> I know it is common to use the lowest or the higest IP in a subnet, but I
> have not found any document which mentions this.

I think, most of the network/systems administrators conventionally
follow using the highest available or second last IP address on a subnet
for a gateway.

One, however, may use any valid/un-reserved IP address for any purpose
and, or machine from the range of addresses allocated to a subnet.

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Balwinder S Dheeman <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> On 05/19/2009 06:20 PM, Danny wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does somebody know if any rfc describes or knows if there are any other
>> guidelines how to properly allocate gateway IPs in a subnet?
>> I know it is common to use the lowest or the higest IP in a subnet, but I
>> have not found any document which mentions this.
>
> I think, most of the network/systems administrators conventionally
> follow using the highest available or second last IP address on a subnet
> for a gateway.

Just about every gateway I've ever seen has used x.x.x.1.

> One, however, may use any valid/un-reserved IP address for any purpose
> and, or machine from the range of addresses allocated to a subnet.