Robert Elz wrote:
> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 10:26:44 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Michael Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> | But the real problem was renumbering. That
> | still hasn't gone away.
>
> No, and that's why we need these things - so when renumbering happens,
> our internal addresses (the ones I use to mount my filesystems from
> the fileserver, etc, which stay in use for months or years between
> reboots) don't alter.
Site local addresses save your from renumbering if you change ISP.
They don't help if you merge two networks. Subnet ID may collide.
- Alain.
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