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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: CIDR FAQ
> > >Does that mean that all the internet registries no longer allocate > > >/24 (or longer) prefixes that have nothing to do with the actual > > >Internet topology (these prefixes aka "portable addresses") ? Perhaps > > >folks from various Internet registries would be able to answer this > > >question. > > > > I assign /22s to ISPs. When they use them up I give them another /22. > > Private companies that show a need for a /24 are assigned a /24. > > > > Ah. here is the rub. When you ISP buddies come back, you should ask > them to return the origianal /22 for a /20. That way, the total size > of the routing system stays the same! And every time they need to expand, even using the same provider, they have to renumber their whole network? I sincerely hope that was sarcasm I detected in your post... Dave -- Dave Siegel Director of Engineering, Net99 http://www.webcity.com/ (602)249-1083 24x7 NOC line http://www.rtd.com/~dsiegel/ (520)318-0696 My Tucson Office
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