From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 4 0:31:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D44737B405 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 00:31:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.194.207] (helo=tanya.raggedclown.net) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16BAzC-0003RY-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 04 Dec 2001 08:31:30 +0000 Received: by tanya.raggedclown.net (tanya.raggedclown.net, from userid 500) id BB2131114; Tue, 4 Dec 2001 09:31:21 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 09:31:21 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dynamic IP Resolvers Message-ID: <20011204093121.C15272@raggedclown.net> References: <3.0.5.32.20011203213608.0132d5d8@mail.sage-american.com> <3.0.5.32.20011203221931.0132d5d8@mail.sage-american.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20011203221931.0132d5d8@mail.sage-american.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 10:19:31PM -0600, jacks@sage-american.com wrote: > Yes, I have a business account, but the static IP program contains > assignment of FIVE static IPs (whether I want 'em or not - NOT!) and > purchase of a router (whether I want it or not - NOT!). So, it's all or > none and nothing in the middle... ergo, looking at this other way.... > Well if you were in the UK or Holland you would get a static IP whatever kind of account you had with Demon Internet. I don't understand why ISP's insist on dynamic IP assignment, especially for 24/7 online ADSL accounts. The IPV4 address space is (since class a/b/c stuff was abanadoned) big enough for a few years yet, so it cannot be IP shortage. There is a minor (very minor) security advantage I suppose, but that advantage is made completely nonsensical since I gather most people's IP number hardly changes in practise. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message