At 7:04 AM -0400 5/14/02, Marko Milivojevic wrote: > > Personally, when I'm teaching beginning IP, I start with binary, and >> then VLSM/CIDR becomes a natural idea. I then introduce dotted >> decimal, and only as an afterthought mention classes. Works well >> whenever I've tried it. > > This is of course natural, but have you ever wandered how it feels >for those who learn it this way to force their mindsets into classful >thinking? > >Marko.
First, not everyone needs to consider classful thinking, other than on old certification exams. I developed this teaching method while giving a series of courses to a major ISP, which, of course, only uses classless protocols. Second, I do describe classful addressing as a special case, with enforced aggregation to major network "natural masks" at interfaces between different major networks. Students just think of /8, /16, and /24 with restricted subnet masks and no supernetting, rather than class A/B/C (although they are taught to recognize those terms). Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44215&t=43994 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
