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A waste of space
1.1.2 This page will explain how certain address schemes can waste address space.
In the past, the first and last subnet were not supposed to be used. The use of the first subnet, which was known as subnet zero, was discouraged because of the confusion that could occur if a network and a subnet had the same address. This also applied to the use of the last subnet, which was known as the all-ones subnet. With the evolution of network technologies and IP address depletion, the use of the first and last subnets have become an acceptable practice in conjunction with VLSM.
In Figure , the network management team has borrowed three bits from the host portion of the Class C address that has been selected for this address scheme.
If the team decides to use subnet zero, there will be eight useable subnets. Each subnet can support 30 hosts. If the team decides to use the no ip subnet-zero command, there will be seven usable subnets with 30 hosts in each subnet. Cisco routers with Cisco IOS version 12.0 or later, use subnet zero by default.
In Figure , the Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, and Melbourne remote offices may each have 30 hosts. The team realizes that it has to address the three point-to-point WAN links between Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, and Melbourne. If the team uses the last three subnets for the WAN links, all of the available addresses will be used and there will be no room for growth. The team will also have wasted the 28 host addresses from each subnet to simply address three point-to-point networks. This address scheme would waste one-third of the potential address space.
Such an address scheme is fine for a small LAN. However, it is extremely wasteful if point-to-point connections are used. 
The next page will explain how VLSM can be used to prevent wasted addresses.

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