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VLAN Aggregation for Efficient IP Address Allocation
draft-mcpherson-vlan-ipagg-02

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This is an older version of an Internet-Draft that was ultimately published as RFC 3069.
Authors Barry A. Dykes , Danny R. McPherson
Last updated 2020-01-21 (Latest revision 2001-01-15)
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Intended RFC status Informational
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draft-mcpherson-vlan-ipagg-02
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        RFC 3069

        Title:      VLAN Aggregation for Efficient IP Address
                    Allocation 
        Author(s):  D. McPherson, B. Dykes
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       February 2001
        Mailbox:    danny@ambernetworks.com, bdykes@onesecure.com 
        Pages:      7
        Characters: 14891
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:  None

        I-D Tag:    draft-mcpherson-vlan-ipagg-02.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3069.txt

This document introduces the concept of Virtual Local Area Network
(VLAN) aggregation as it relates to IPv4 address allocation.
A mechanism is described by which hosts that reside in the same
physical switched infrastructure, but separate virtual broadcast
domains, are addressed from the same IPv4 subnet and share a common
default gateway IP address, thereby removing the requirement of a
dedicated IP subnet for each virtual Local Area Network (LAN) or
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN).
 
Employing such a mechanism significantly decreases IPv4 address
consumption in virtual LANs and MANs.  It may also ease
administration of IPv4 addresses within the network.

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