CIDR - networking

[Scott Allen]

On Sun Jan 08,2006 08:26:30 AM James Knott wrote:
> I have never seen a system that required address classes.  I've
> always been able to use CIRD.

AFAIK if you want to use the /etc/networks file to resolve network 
names (as you do with hosts in /etc/hosts), then you have to stick 
with network classes because /etc/networks does not allow you to 
specify a mask. If you resolve network names using DNS or just use 
numbered IP addresses, then /etc/networks is not required and CIDR 
can be used.

Other than the /etc/networks file, I haven't come across anything in 
Linux that is IP class dependent, unless you want to use RIP V1 as a 
routing protocol.


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