PADLIPSKY@USC-ISI.ARPA (12/06/85)
Hmmm. I don't know about you, but I saw Dave Mills' answer to my comment on his non-typo before the comment came out in the Digest. There must be something funny about competing for slots here, too. Since he did really mean "recompeting", the Conditions of Contest would presumably be of interest to others than myself and Dan Lynch. How about it, David? What DO you mean by "recompeting"? (Don't need/want a Documentation Algol version of the algorithm [unless that's the easiest thing for you to do], but more than the cryptic-to-me reference to one net per site in the backlot would be most helpful.) cheers, map -------
MILLS@USC-ISID.ARPA (12/06/85)
In response to the message sent 6 Dec 1985 10:23:28 EST from PADLIPSKY@USC-ISI.ARPA cheers, Our gateway has several customers scattered from Maryland to California, all of which have extensive subnet networks in order to reduce the demand for core slots. One of our customers is using a class-C number because his Apollos cannot the subnet thing do. My comment was to suggest to him those Apollos either learn that trick or go babble only with themselves. There is nothing mysterious about competing for slots. All slots are normally occupied, so a new player must wait for an old gateway to crash, then grab a slot before anyone else can. Exactly like hunting for parking spaces during the Christmas rush. An agressive new player can always send a kiss-of-death packet to another gateway to increase the odds, of course. I will not describe what a kod packet is or might be. Dave -------
martin%blade@MOUTON.ARPA (Martin J Levy) (12/07/85)
people may be interested to note that when Bell Communications Research Joined CSNET and also got connectivity to the ARPANET, we asked that our ~23 Class C networks be added to the Core Gateways routing tables. you can guess the reply we got. hence work underway to convert too a class B subnet scheme. martin levy stuck on one of those non connected networks.