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Q&A 177
A Class C address would be allocated to each location. This would allow 254 hosts in each
office and the potential for subnetting within the branch offices.
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Discuss another method for assigning addresses to Blue River.
The IANA has reserved three blocks of addresses for private networks. If Blue River
exhausts the addresses in the 183.100.x range, it can use any of the address blocks reserved
for private addressing without registering with any Internet authority. To ensure a standard
of IP addressing across the nation, you recommend that each private address granted be
unique within Blue River. Although address blocks are available in any class range, you
recommend the Class B address range from 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255.
87200333.book Page 177 Wednesday, August 22, 2001 2:37 PM