Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ukma!cwjcc!hal!nic.MR.NET!uwmcsd1!marque!uunet!munnari!mimir!hugin!augean!sirius!mrp From: mrp@sirius.ua.oz (Mark Prior) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Running out of Internet addresses? Message-ID: <179@sirius.ua.oz> Date: 1 Dec 88 22:40:50 GMT References: <8811291051.AA06074@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Organization: University Computing Services, University of Adelaide Lines: 24 From article <8811291051.AA06074@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, by KASTEN@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (Frank Kastenholz): > A quick perusal of my copy of Internet Numbers indicates that there are a > fair number of assigned addresses that are not connected to the Internet - > perhaps these addresses could be reclaimed - there is one class A, about 40 > class B and I have not counted how many class C addresses that are not > connected. > Adelaide Uni has a Class B number, we are not connected to the Internet, but you can't have our number back! :-) :-) I would suggest that quite a number of the `unused' numbers are sites that want to have a unique number so they can connect to other sites without worrying about number clashes. Also they could be foreign (ie non North American) sites, we fit into this category. One day `real soon now' the satellite link between Australia and the USA will go in and you will find out about all our networks. I will then be able to give my address as mrp@sirius.ua.oz.au ([129.127.4.20]). Mark. -- Mark Prior Phone : +61 8 228 5680 University Computing Services Telex : UNIVAD AA89141 University of Adelaide Fax : +61 8 224 0464 GPO Box 498 Adelaide S.AUSTRALIA 5001 ACSnet: mrp@sirius.ua.oz