The Big Squeeze

Sun Mar 2 17:30:53 UTC 1997

On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Jim Jagielski wrote:

> > Que sera, sera. Renumbering is a fact of life.
> > 
> > See: RFC1900, RFC2008, RFC2071.
> 
> Never said it wasn't a fact a life, just that it's a painful
> one... And a disruptive one. Imagine the heartburn if a group with
> simply one ClassB was required to totally renumber to another...

Do you mean a /16 network prefix? This would not be disruptive if the
group would wake up to the facts of life and start renumbering NOW!
Don't wait until your address allocation changes, start working on it
today and make it a part of regular maintenance and administrative
procedures. Deploy DHCP, document where IP numbers are configured,
build and test renumbering scripts, beat on vendors to make it fast, easy
and painless to renumber. 

Renumbering is not an event, it's a state of mind.

Michael Dillon                   -               Internet & ISP Consulting
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