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From: HEDRICK@RED.RUTGERS.EDU (Charles Hedrick)
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Subject: Re:  Gateway Slots
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Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 06:06:24 EST
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There have been a couple of messages implying that you can just plug
into the Internet.  We connected a gateway a few months ago.  At that
time, it was necessary to get approval to connect a network to the
Internet.  It was also necessary to get approval to change which machine
acted as a gateway.

As you probably know, there is a separate process to apply for an
Internet network number.  It is interesting in the context of this
discussion that the application implies that the authorities would
rather give you a class C address or a range of class C addresses
than a single class B address.  In fact an industrial group which I have
been working with did get a range of class C addresses.  (They have no
immediate plans to connect to the Internet.)

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