rfc-1797

Class A Subnet Experiment

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
date1995-04 streamLegacy statusEXPERIMENTAL pages4 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1797 doi10.17487/RFC1797
There appears to be some interest in experimenting with subnetting the class A addresses. It is suggested that conducting an experiment now to identify and fix any software that does not properly handle subnetted class A addresses would be useful and important. This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. This does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.