Re: How TIGHT is IP Number Allocation? (oops)

Jeffrey J. Mountin (sysop@mixcom.com)
Thu, 17 Apr 1997 20:53:50 -0500

At 08:27 PM 4/17/97 -0500, Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote:
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>Use OSPF and start with .2 and you have 14 left over with 5 PM3s. Of
>course this give you 30 routes for all 5, which would could get down to 20
>roues if you start at .8 instead. I'd have to redo things for PRI, which
>would have more routes.

Messed up...

Staring with .8 for 5 PM3s (CT1) on a /24 that are consecutive you get:

1st = 4 routes
2nd = 3 routes
3rd = 4 routes
4th = 3 routes
5th = 4 routes

For 18 routes.

Suppose I should a web page to illustrate this. 8-)

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Jeff Mountin - System/Network Administrator
jeff@mixcom.net

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