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From: STJOHNS@SRI-NIC.ARPA
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Net Nums and Gateways
Message-ID: <[SRI-NIC.ARPA]Tue,.5.Apr.88.11:04:23.PDT.STJOHNS>
Date: 5 Apr 88 18:04:00 GMT
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You are doing exactly the right thing...  42 class B addresses.

BUT...   if  you  decide  to  install trunkc between your various
gateways, you could  treat  all  the  networks  served  by  those
gateways as part of the same class B subnetted network.

Mike St Johns, DDN Program