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From: 08071TCP@MSU.BITNET (Doug Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Subnet questions.
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Date: 7 Oct 88 18:04:02 GMT
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Mike Rackley asks:

>Does the suggestion that we assign IP addresses in a "subnetted fashion"
>imply that we should also assign a subnet mask of other than 255.255.0.0?

No, your subnet mask should be 255.255.0.0.  You're just facilitating a
future migration to real subnetting, if/when needed.

Doug Nelson
Computer Laboratory
Michigan State University