Subj : Re: Basic Steps / Checks to look at IPv6
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Paul Hayton
Date : Sat May 02 2015 22:55:07

On 05/02/15, Michiel van der Vlist pondered and said...
 
 Mv> I wonder - other than extracting money from their clientele - why ISP
 Mv> still bother with dynamic addresses. They are a relic from dial up
 Mv> Internet. Customers where not connected 24/7, but only as long as the
 Mv> dial up connection was live. So they could have more customers that they
 Mv> had adresses. But now with broadsband, the connection usually is on
 Mv> 24/7, so they need an IPv4 address for each customer anyway. Might as
 Mv> well make it static.

I figured that (hopefully) with a stable fibre connection I may get for all
intensive purposes a static IP. At present my IP is only reassigned if I drop
my DSL connection. The I get a new IP address from a pool they maintain.

 Mv> Now that they can't save addresses any more by making them dynamic, the
 Mv> ISPs have come up with another trick to deal with the shortage of IPv4
 Mv> addresses. Sharing addresses among customers, by putting them behind a
 Mv> NAT. If they do THAT, yes you can expect problems.

Hum... honestly not sure. Time will tell. It's Saturday night as I type this
so it will be a day or so before I know much more.

Best, Paul

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