[28879] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Class B Address
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick Evans)
Sat May 20 23:51:24 2000
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Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 04:49:13 +0100 (BST)
From: Patrick Evans <pre@pre.org>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
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On 20 May 2000, Sean Donelan wrote:
> On Sat, 20 May 2000, "HANSEN CHAN" wrote:
> > Can someone point me to some documents/weblink on how many class B
> > addresses are still available? Have the registries like RIPE/ARIN/APRIN
> > exhausted class B addresses already? IPv6 Forum presentations have me
> > believed class B addresses are exhausted and the situation is especially
> > bad for country like China. However, after checking with some Chinese I
> > was told just the opposite. So I am wondering is address scarcity just a
> > hype?
>
> My question is what is your requirement for a "classfull" address?
>
> With CIDR you can create the same number of addresses out of any of
> the traditional Class A, B, or C areas.
And then watch certain tier-Ns filter out your routes?
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Patrick Evans - Sysadmin, bran addict and couch potato
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