i think that bigger address space help because the addresses in a network can be grouped together more efficiently.
i am not sure how it is affected by classless routing but i understand that each 'network address' needs a route table entry, and it is only by having a system that breaks the Internet into a manageable number of smaller networks that the whole thing hangs together - you dont route to a host, you route to a network.
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i think that bigger address space help because the addresses in a network can be grouped together more efficiently.
i am not sure how it is affected by classless routing but i understand that each 'network address' needs a route table entry, and it is only by having a system that breaks the Internet into a manageable number of smaller networks that the whole thing hangs together - you dont route to a host, you route to a network.