Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 13:26:46 -0800 (PST) From: Greg Lehey <grog> To: way7ruin@bah2.themall.net (Jesse) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SUBNET? Message-ID: <199612182126.NAA28550@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199612181723.JAA07910@bah2.themall.net> from "Jesse" at Dec 18, 96 09:19:50 am
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Jesse writes: > > Sorry if this is off subject, but I was wondering if anyone had any > comment on this. > > Our school is next door to a NASA facility. They have a T1 connection > there. We asked them earlier if we could use there connection for a > small internet server. They said yes. However, about a month later, > once we are ready, they said that they cannot 'cuz anything going > through their network would be representitive of NASA? Is this > possible? I suppose the answer is a definite 'maybe'. > I though that they woulod assign us a subnet, and map it through > directly to use. That way, say, our web server, would have a URL like > http://www.homestudy.edu, not http://www.homestudy.nasa.gov like they > apparently are thinking. Wouldn;t we go through the InterNIC for our > addresses? Possibly you're confusing terms. A subnet is a portion of a specific net, and it relates to the IP addresses, not URLs, specifically not to WWW URLs, which may not be part of the net to which they appear to belong. For example, nasa.gov has a class B network with the address 128.183.0.0. If they give you a slice of this network, say 128.183.197.0, this will be identifiable as a part of the nasa.gov network. On the other hand, if you get yourselves a class C net via Internic, and get NASA to route it for you, this will no longer be identifiable with NASA. This is probably the route you should pursue. Greg
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