Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
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>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.21.0009250242350.9545-100000>