Loopbacks VLSM /32?

[todd.martin-02]

I am ready to deploy loopback to all devices for Management. All of my reading suggests a /32 for the interfaces.

This network is our perimiter with lots of firewalls and DMZ's. I am confused as to how my NMS can find a route to these /32 devices through the firewalls.

In this case would I be better off taking a VLSM /28 and placing these networks out there as the management networks?

or

stay with the /32's and add host routes to each device?

Kinda confused about loopback addresses in a boundary/DMZ inviroment.

any Idea's

[Richard Burts]

Todd

I am not quite clear about what you are describing. I do not understand why you think that having a /28 would be any better than having a /32? Perhaps we could understand better and make useful suggestions if you could explain a bit more about your situation. Are you able to send routing updates through the firewalls?

HTH

Rick