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Host sizing, VLSM and aggregation

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Core units, ALOHA, address and routing rules; illustrative values are practice

2^h-2\geq HLaTeX: 2^h-2\geq H

H requested usable hosts. Smallest sufficient h gives smallest ordinary subnet.

2^s\geq K,\quad p_{new}=p_{old}+sLaTeX: 2^s\geq K,\quad p_{new}=p_{old}+s

K equal subnets required; s borrowed bits. Do not subtract two from modern subnet count.

p=32-\log_2(N)LaTeX: p=32-\log_2(N)

For a power-of-two total address requirement, subject to boundary alignment.

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