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Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6


From: Karl Auer <kauer () biplane com au>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:06:14 +1000

On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 17:52 +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
"Our object is to design a communication system which can grow smoothly to accommodate several buildings full of 
personal computers and the facilities needed for their support."

Ethernet: Distributed Packet Switching for Local Computer Networks
Robert M. Metcalfe and David R. Boggs
Communications of the ACM Volume 19 Issue 7, July 1976

To be fair, though, the concept of "large LAN" might have changed a
little since 1976... and "buildings full" is not exactly a precise unit
of measurement.

Regards, K.

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