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From: melohn@SUN.COM (Bill Melohn)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: gated/RIP info request
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Date: 15 Jan 88 08:30:14 GMT
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To clarify: Suns running version 3.3 or later of the Sun Operating
System can in fact route packets between class A, B, C, or any
combination thereof.  There is only ONE subnet mask possible in the
3.X series of releases, so if you are routing between two subnetted
networks of any class, the subnet masks must be the same. Routing
between a subnetted network and a non-subnetted net is never a
problem, and the entire restriction will dissappear in release 4.0,
which uses the 4.3 subnetting code.