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... subnets, efficient address
utilization requires the use of /30 prefixes for these subnets. This
typically means the addressing ...
... addressing and routing plan must support multiple
prefix lengths, establishing one or more prefix lengths for LAN media
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... routing plan must support multiple
prefix lengths, establishing one or more prefix lengths for LAN media
with more than two hosts ...
... with more than two hosts, and subdividing one or more of these
shorter prefixes into longer /30 prefixes that minimize address loss.
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... hosts, and subdividing one or more of these
shorter prefixes into longer /30 prefixes that minimize address loss.
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... cause a need for renumbering. Efficient use of the address space
dictates a /30 prefix be used for the per-VC subnets. Such a prefix ...
... prefix be used for the per-VC subnets. Such a prefix
often needs VLSM support in the routers.
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The router looks up the prefix in its routing table (formally called
a Forwarding Information Base ...
... routing table (formally called
a Forwarding Information Base). If the prefix is in the routing
table, the router then selects an outgoing interface ...
... An inventory of present and planned address space is a prerequisite
to successful renumbering. Begin by identifying the prefixes in or
planned into your network, and whether they have been assigned in a
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... +---highOrderPart change only, no length change
Ideally, a given prefix should either be "unchanged," "old," or
"new." Renumbering will be easiest when each "old" prefix can be
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... Ideally, a given prefix should either be "unchanged," "old," or
"new." Renumbering will be easiest when each "old" prefix can be
mapped to a single "new" prefix.
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... "new." Renumbering will be easiest when each "old" prefix can be
mapped to a single "new" prefix.
Unfortunately, the ideal often will not be attainable. It may be
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... address spaces in parallel.
Renumbering applies first to prefixes and then to host numbers to the
right of the prefix ...
... prefixes and then to host numbers to the
right of the prefix. To understand the scope of renumbering, it is
essential to:
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... essential to:
1. Identify the prefixes (and possibly host fields) potentially
affected by the renumbering operation.
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2. Identify the authority that controls the values of the prefix,
or part of the prefix, affected by renumbering.
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... authority that controls the values of the prefix,
or part of the prefix, affected by renumbering.
In a given enterprise, prefixes ...
... prefix, affected by renumbering.
In a given enterprise, prefixes may be present that will be under the
complete or partial control of the enterprise, as well as totally
outside the control of the enterprise. Let us review the principles
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More commonly, the most significant bits of the prefix are assigned
to the enterprise by an address registry ...
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The enterprise then extends the prefix to the right, creating
"subnets." It is critical ...
... routers make routing
decisions based on the total prefix of interest, regardless of who
controls which bits. In other words, the router ...
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The way to think about subnetting is that it creates a longer prefix.
Even before CIDR, we collapsed multiple subnets ...
... number advertisement sent to external routers. In a more general
way, we now think of extending the prefix to the right as subnetting
and collapsing it to the left as supernetting, aggregating, or
summarizing. Depending on the usage of subnetting or aggregation ...
... summarizing. Depending on the usage of subnetting or aggregation,
different prefix lengths are significant at different router
interfaces.
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... Internet, changing parts of private
address space prefixes is an enterprise-local decision.
If a prefix ...
... prefixes is an enterprise-local decision.
If a prefix is totally outside the control of the enterprise, it is
external, and will be minimally affected by routing. Potential
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... external, and will be minimally affected by routing. Potential
interactions of external prefixes with enterprise renumbering
include:
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... Security
Prefixes partially under the control of the enterprise may change.
The scope of this will vary depending on whether only the externally
controlled part of the prefix ...
... Prefixes partially under the control of the enterprise may change.
The scope of this will vary depending on whether only the externally
controlled part of the prefix changes, or if part of the internally
controlled part is to be renumbered. If the length of either the
high-order or low-order parts change, the process becomes more
...
... ISPs, and needs to renumber into the new provider's space.
The old prefix may have been assigned to the enterprise but will no
longer be used for global routing, or the old prefix ...
... prefix may have been assigned to the enterprise but will no
longer be used for global routing, or the old prefix may have been
assigned to the previous provider. Note that administrative
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... assigned to the previous provider. Note that administrative
procedures may be necessary to return the previous prefix, although
this usually will be done by the previous provider. There often will
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... this usually will be done by the previous provider. There often will
need to be a period of coexistence between the old and new prefixes.
Low-order-part-only renumbering can occur when an enterprise modifies
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... CIDR block rather than a classful network previously
used. With a different high-order prefix length, the enterprise
might be forced to change its subnet structure.
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... domain. The
emphasis of this section is on making the current enterprise more
renumbering-friendly, before any prefixes are actually changed.
Renumbering will have the least impact when the minimum number of
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When routes need to be advertised, summarize as much as is practical.
Summarization is most effective when address prefixes have been
assigned in a consistent and contiguous manner, which is often not
the case in legacy networks ...
... the case in legacy networks. Nevertheless, there is less to change
when we can refer to blocks of prefixes.
Not all routing ...
... address bits being renumbered are to the right of the summarized
prefix length, the change can be transparent to the overall routing
system.
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... routing structure itself.
These can include failures of components to understand arbitrary
prefix addressing (i.e., classless routing), reachability ...
... Internet, routable address space is
based on arbitrary-length prefixes rather than traditional address
classes ...
... Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) is the administrative
realization of prefix addressing in the global Internet. Inside
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... addressing in the global Internet. Inside
enterprises, arbitrary prefix length addressing often is called
Variable Length Subnet ...
... subnets of that network. Assumptions
also should not be made that a prefix length is implied by the
structure of the high-order bits of the IP address ...
... routers or routing mechanisms
that do not understand arbitrary length prefix addressing is that of
discontiguous networks ...
... create
inadvertently when renumbering. In the example below, assume the
enterprise has been using 10.0.0.0/8 as its primary prefix, but has
introduced an ISP whose registered addresses ...
... protocol
mechanisms as workarounds, but the fundamental problem is hosts'
understanding of arbitrary prefix lengths.
A key mechanism is proxy ...
... non- local destinations can be forwarded there. While RIPv1 does not
support arbitrary prefixes, the router(s) issuing the routing updates
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... Prefix Change, No Change in Length ...
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If the entire new prefix has the same number of bits as the old
external part, requiring no change to subnetting, the router ...
... tool to examine IP
addresses in the configuration, identify those beginning with the old
prefix, and substitute the new prefix bit-by-bit ...
... IP
addresses in the configuration, identify those beginning with the old
prefix, and substitute the new prefix bit-by-bit.
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Matters are slightly more complex when the change applies only to the
externally-controlled part of the prefix, as might be the case when
an organization changes ISPs and renumbers into the ISP ...
... 8 bits of subnetting. Certain /24 bit prefixes are being extended to
/30 and reallocated to point-to-point real or virtual (e.g., DLCI ...
... significant bits of the newHighOrderPart, are nonzero. If no
bits are nonzero, it may be simply to overlay the new prefix bits.
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... compare the addresses in this list to the list defined earlier of
prefixes affected by renumbering. The intersection of these lists
define where we need to make changes.
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... IP address, and
usually a subnet mask or prefix length. Some implementations may not
have a subnet mask in the existing configuration, because they use a
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... aware of possible needs for explicit specification of a subnet mask
or other prefix length specification when none previously was
specified. This will be especially common on older host-based
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... links can be given addresses with a
/30 prefix, which will waste a minimum of address space.
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... exclude. These rules typically contain an address argument and some
indication of the prefix length. This length indication could be a
count, a subnet mask, or some other mask.
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... When renumbering, the address argument clearly has to change. It can
be more subtle if the prefix length changes, because the length
specification in the rule must change as well. Needs for such changes
may be hard to recognize, because they apply to ranges ...
... 1812prop requires that address-based filtering allow arbitrary prefix
lengths, but some hosts and routers ...
... IS-IS area definitions. If
IP prefixes change, there may be a corresponding change in area
definitions.
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... into a different address space, route objects with old prefixes in
routing registries need to be deleted ...