>> - one-layer-up entity assigns it 8 bit space (for 256 machines),
>Huh?
>As I wrote:
>> >No, not at all. ID space needs no hierarchy for routing nor allginment
>> >for CIDR.
>There is no need to make the figure a power of 2.
>> - the company actually has only 200 machines and 56 IDs are wasted.
>If the company request 200 IDs, the one-layer-up entity can delegate
>exactly 200 IDs.
>Or, if the the one-layer-up entity think 200/256 large enough (I think
>this is the case), it can delegate 256 IDs.
well, think about reality. can you really handle ID assignment
requests, if they do not ask for ID by bulk? it was my mistake that
I implied 2^n boundary, it was not my intention. what I was trying to
mean was that there will be lots of wasted space.
itojun
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