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From: wunder@HPCEA.CE.HP.COM (Walter Underwood)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: A,B,C-class vs subnetting
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Date: 21 Dec 87 23:00:53 GMT
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The best explanation of subnets is probably in RFC-917, Jeff Mogul's
original proposal for the now-standard scheme.  That RFC includes some
case studies and explanations which were cut when it was edited into
RFC-950.  The additional material explains the tradeoffs in the design.

wunder