From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 7 1:15:20 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 01:15:18 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 101ED37B401 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 01:15:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from [195.11.243.26] (helo=Debug) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 143x8z-0004y5-00; Thu, 07 Dec 2000 09:15:13 +0000 To: 01031149@3web.net, Cliff Sarginson , questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Cliff Sarginson Subject: Re: Resolver issues Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 09:15:13 GMT X-Mailer: www.webmail.nl.demon.net X-Sender: postmaster@btvs.demon.nl X-Originating-IP: 192.250.24.58 Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >I wouldn't worry, most of the literature is still a little schizoid about this > >whole subject..telling you class A/B/C addresses were the "old" way, and then > >mentioning them again and again. > >The problem was the original addressing scheme was causing addresses to run > >out basically. The class B ones were the criminals. So the whole thing > >was divied up in a different way..as mentioned here. > > I agree it's about as confusing as we in Canada having to deal with some > folks who insist on using Fahrenheit still instead of Celsius (not that I > prefer one over the other). Even configuring FBSD, we still use pre-CIDR > notation. Oh well .... it's all education I suppose. Thanks. > Well don't get too used to it. IPV6 is descending from heaven ... Then there will be an IP address for everything on the planet, even your pop-up toaster and microwave will have one .. :) Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message