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Date:      Wed, 20 Nov 1996 09:50:47 -0500
From:      exidor@superior.net (Christopher Masto)
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ipx to ip routing
Message-ID:  <199611201450.JAA06770@nimbus.superior.net>
In-Reply-To: <199611200359.VAA06570@brasil.moneng.mei.com>; from Joe Greco on Nov 19, 1996 17:00:51 -0600
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.94.961119134756.404A-100000@aries.bb.cc.wa.us> <199611200359.VAA06570@brasil.moneng.mei.com>

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Joe Greco writes:
> Ideally, in a school environment, each networked classroom or lab should
> be on its own subnet, or perhaps several subnets.  When the machines are
[...]

This falls apart when you have to deal with roaming.  If your "school
environment" isn't dealing with student laptops now, it will be within
the next few years.

The nicest solution I've seen is a large subnet (~13 bits) with smart
IP switches.
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