Subj : Re: More nostalgia
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Fri Mar 29 2019 08:39:00

-=> On 03-28-19 14:53, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Tommi Koivula <=-

 TK> I've got five dynamic public IPv4 addresses in my ADSL line.

 MvV> Via a VPN?

I suspect not.  Some ISPs allowed users to have multiple simultaneous logins,
each of which would get a different IP address.  For xDSL, you'd put your modem
into bridge mode, then connect routers or devices to the bridged modem.  Each
connected device would do a PPPoE login and get its own IP address (and IPv6
prefix if available).

Another approach is what my ISP offers for an additional $20/month over what I
pay - I can upgrade to "business class" and then have the option of a /29
routed via my connection.  I'd need another router to make this compatible with
my current network (I'd setup the /29 as a traditional DMZ outside my main LAN,
which would remain behind NAT, because of the number of decives).  But the ISP
charges $20/month ($240/year) on top of what I pay now, but the VPN costs me
$40/year, and is more than adequate for BBSing.  If users want better
performance, they can simply go IPv6, which is native. ;)


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