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<TITLE>RE: [luau] What is 24.165.57.16</TITLE>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> My post just crossed yours. Now I am really curious. Why in </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the world </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I am having a class A IP address? Unless the classification </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> scheme has </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> changed? If so, when?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Well, yes it did. Maybe 5 or 7 years ago.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The use of IP addresses and the classification as 'A', 'B', or 'C' was deprecated many years ago in favor of CIDR, 'Classless Inter-Domain Routing'.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>There's a reasonably good introduction at:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://public.pacbell.net/dedicated/cidr.html" TARGET="_blank">http://public.pacbell.net/dedicated/cidr.html</A></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-Doug-</FONT>
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