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RFC 932 (rfc932) - Subnetwork addressing scheme |
 | | There is one case in which a RFC 932 January 1985 A Subnetwork Addressing Scheme minor modification may prove helpful. |
 | | For example, if 10 bits were used to identify the subnet (providing 1024 subnets per network), then the gateway, when forming the equivalent address, would not only drop the third byte but also mask the last two bits of the B address. |
 | | Since the first three bits of the address are constrained, this would leave 13 bits for the network number, or 8192 possible subnetworked RFC 932 January 1985 A Subnetwork Addressing Scheme networks. |
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