Hi I am still new and studying about networks have here 234.1.18.6/29 address and mask but when I try it out on Packet tracer it gets me an invalid message. I cannot understand why this address are invalid.
1 Answer
Invalid address is correct: 234.1.18.6
is not a unicast but a multicast address from 224.0.0.0/4
. It cannot be used as an interface/source address.
For an interface in a private network you should use an address from RFC 1918 (10.0.0.0/8
, 172.16.0.0/12
, 192.168.0.0/16
).