itojun;
> >> - 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?
The reality is that we have a lot of IDs (social security number in
US, for example) assigned individually.
As I mentioned, a local goverment would ask country for IDs 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.
Where can I see "lots of wasted space" in your example?
If you are saying an abstract nonsense that any scheme can be used unwisely
to waste a lot of space, you are right.
Masataka Ohta
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