From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Sep 25 2:51: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from workhorse.iMach.com (workhorse.iMach.com [206.127.77.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAF2337B43E for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 02:51:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (forrestc@localhost) by workhorse.iMach.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA09589; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 02:51:26 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 02:51:26 -0600 (MDT) From: "Forrest W. Christian" To: Tom Samplonius Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no, abcjr@southwind.net, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Using 'private net' IPs for WAN Addresses In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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