[349] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: CIDR FAQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hank Nussbacher)
Fri Aug 18 01:36:00 1995
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 95 08:22:25 IST
From: Hank Nussbacher <HANK@taunivm.tau.ac.il>
To: bmanning@isi.edu, Hank Nussbacher <HANK@taunivm.tau.ac.il>
cc: yakov@cisco.com, paul@vix.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 17 Aug 1995 14:57:40 -0700 (PDT) from
<bmanning@ISI.EDU>
On Thu, 17 Aug 1995 14:57:40 -0700 (PDT) you said:
>> >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!
Great idea. Know ANYONE who does that? The best I can do is give them a
/20 (in addition to the original /22) if their growth warrants it.
>
>--
>--bill
Hank
