Answers to Chapter 2 Review Questions
| 1: | Why is it difficult to change addresses after they've been assigned? |
| A1: | Each host on the network must be renumbered. |
| 2: | Why is address allocation so closely tied to network stability? |
| A2: | Because address allocation directly impacts summarization, and summarization directly affects stability. |
| 3: | What are the goals you should keep in mind when allocating addresses? |
| A3: | Controlling the size of the routing table, and controlling the distance information about topology changes that must travel through the network. |
| 4: | What does it mean to say that summarization hides topology details? |
| A4: | Devices beyond the summarization point don't know about every subnetwork or link that has been summarized into a single destination. ... |
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