[c-nsp] VLSM

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> since when is a /16 size chunk of addresses not a class 'b'
> space.

It's only class B if the first two bits are 10, otherwise it's a just block
of addresses the same size as an old class b. Check out
http://rfc.sunsite.dk/rfc/rfc796.html 

... But why not simply call it "a /16", since that's what it is?

> i think what manner in which the size of a space is called as 
> long as one understands what it speak of. much ado about
> nothing methinks.

OK. I'll just call you Peter then, though that's not your name. It doesn't
really matter as long as people know I mean you ;-)

-A