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From: Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 01:36:48
Message-Id: CAC=wYCG7MPJT6-ttEb8BSMHTDpDqwpj5uBVAphMLFkRmyiEBRg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions. by Dale
1 On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 10:29 AM Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > Adam Carter wrote:
4 >
5 > Using classes is pretty old terminology. IETF introduced CIDR in '93! Yes,
6 > I still catch myself doing it too.
7 >
8 >
9 > But I understand what classes was. If CIDR replaced the word classes, I
10 > would have had to google or ask what the heck that is. lol
11 >
12
13 CIDR moved Internet routing away from fixed 8, 16 and 24 bit netmasks. The
14 <netid>/<netmask bits> representation is CIDR.

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