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'''Provider-aggregatable address space''' is a block of [[IP address]]es assigned by a [[regional Internet registry]] to an [[Internet service provider]] which can be [[supernet|aggregated]] into a single route advertisement for improved Internet routing efficiency.<ref>[http://www.ripe.net/info/faq/rs/isp.html#5 RIPE FAQs]</ref> |
'''Provider-aggregatable address space''' (PA) is a block of [[IP address]]es assigned by a [[regional Internet registry]] to an [[Internet service provider]] which can be [[supernet|aggregated]] into a single route advertisement for improved Internet routing efficiency.<ref>[http://www.ripe.net/info/faq/rs/isp.html#5 RIPE FAQs]</ref> |
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Unlike [[provider-independent address space]], the end-user of address blocks within a provider-supplied space cannot reuse the addresses if they change up-stream connectivity providers. |
Unlike [[provider-independent address space]], the end-user of address blocks within a provider-supplied space cannot reuse the addresses if they change up-stream connectivity providers. |
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Revision as of 17:31, 30 November 2015
Provider-aggregatable address space (PA) is a block of IP addresses assigned by a regional Internet registry to an Internet service provider which can be aggregated into a single route advertisement for improved Internet routing efficiency.[1]
Unlike provider-independent address space, the end-user of address blocks within a provider-supplied space cannot reuse the addresses if they change up-stream connectivity providers.
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