> Actually, there's no need to argue about big internetworks running
> or not running RIP - after all this is a portmaster users list. Just
> imagine a stack of say 10 PM2e-30 servicing 300 phone lines. You need
> to turn on RIP on the PMs and set netmasks to 255.255.255.255 in
> order to make this to work as one unit from the customers' point of view.
>
> Now in the worst case you have 300 host routes in all your portmasters.
Maybe I haven't got the point yet on routing, but why can't you split a
couple of class C's into 27-bit subnets, allocating one 32-address block
to each PM for dynamic allocation? Would this not dramatically reduce
the number of routes required?
Hmmm... The PM 2eR-30 handles up to 30 lines, but can run one or (at
most) two over, for a total of 32 IP addresses. Coincidence? <grin>
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