Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 02:51:26 -0600 (MDT) From: "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no, abcjr@southwind.net, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Using 'private net' IPs for WAN Addresses Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009250242350.9545-100000@workhorse.iMach.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10009242208260.3189-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Tom Samplonius wrote: > It amounts to several /24s for a mid-size network. ARIN only allocates > small blocks at a time now. That 50% drags the entire average down. You > need at least at 80% density these days. If you are network provider, > your IPs are either used on routers or for customer allocations. Trying > to get customers to use their IPs properly is like herding cats. The "wasted" addresses do not count against you - but instead for you. You should be reporting that all 4 addresses in a p-p link are in use: Base+0 - Network number Base+1 - My end of the link Base+2 - Customer end of the link Base+3 - Broadcast. - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iMach, Ltd., P.O. Box 5749, Helena, MT 59604 http://www.imach.com Solutions for your high-tech problems. (406)-442-6648 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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