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From: darrylo@hpnmdla.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP E-Mail Questions
Message-ID: <430034@hpnmdla.HP.COM>
Date: 21 Jan 91 21:37:36 GMT
References: <1991Jan19.071326.5915@cerritos.edu>
Organization: HP Network Measurements Div, Santa Rosa, CA
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In comp.sys.hp, rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland) writes:

> > What about connections to InterNet?  UUCP?
>
> I'm told that HP's internal internet is the largest private TCP/IP network
> in the world, and is connected to "the" Internet (as are many of our
> customers).  We only use UUCP anymore where we can't justify a CISCO box or

     I wasn't aware of the size magnitude of HP's internal internet,
until I did a:

	grep '^15' /etc/hosts | sort | uniq | wc

(HP's IP addresses start with "15".)

     There are over 39,000 (thirty-nine *thousand*) hosts.  However,
some of these are PC's connected to the lan.

     -- Darryl Okahata
	UUCP: {hplabs!, hpcea!, hpfcla!} hpnmd!darrylo
	Internet: darrylo%hpnmd@hp-sde.sde.hp.com

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