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At 17:12 01/11/2001 +0000, bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
> >
> > So I seem to be missing something that keeps me from understanding this --
> > why didn't they just turn off the /9 of mixed /16 and /24 space and
> > keep the two pre-existing historical class-As, which would have more
> > fully followed the BCPs?
> >
> >       Sean.
> >
>
>         legecy hardware/software.  Fully classless kit was just becoming
>         common at the time. (cisco did not support it across the product 
> line)

What, in March 1998 when the exchange was made?? Which product for example? 
(It may not have been a Cisco default, but as far as I know everything has 
been classless supporting since at least 1993.)

philip
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