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From: kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent England)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco
Subject: Re: Serial interfaces IP number question
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Date: 16 Aug 90 18:10:47 GMT
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In article <24823@boulder.Colorado.EDU>, 
BILLW@mathom.cisco.com (WilliamChops Westfield) writes:
> 
> Well, I really like the idea I heard someone suggest a while ago on some
> other list - assign the subnet bits high-bit first, and the host addresses
> low bits first.  This allows you to easilly expand the subnet field as
> the number of nets you are actually using goes up.
> 
	How do you suggest dealing with the node configurations?  Should
one be constantly changing the subnet mask?  Use proxy arp forever?  Wait
for dynamic host configuration?

	I wish it was easier to change these sorts of things as we
go along.

	--Kent