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[http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_9-1/autonomous_system_numbers.html Exploring Autonomous System Numbers]</ref> This means that the available quantity of ASNs for Internet routing is limited.
[http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_9-1/autonomous_system_numbers.html Exploring Autonomous System Numbers]</ref> This means that the available quantity of ASNs for Internet routing is limited.


As per RFC4893 (updated by RFC6793) the ASN space has been extended from 16-bit (two octets) to 32-bit, which greatly expands the available pool<ref>[http://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers/as-numbers.xhtml Autonomous System (AS) Numbers]</ref> of ASNs.
As per [[RFC 4893]] (updated by [[RFC 6793]]) the ASN space has been extended from 16-bit (two octets) to 32-bit, which greatly expands the available pool<ref>[http://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers/as-numbers.xhtml Autonomous System (AS) Numbers]</ref> of ASNs.


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==References==
==References==
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