Maybe this is totally OT here, but given the amount of traffic here recently 
maybe some of you can find the time to educate me?

   I've been given an IP4 number from my provider in the third of four /26 
subnets. I.e. I have x.x.x.157 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.192 and, of 
course, default gateway x.x.x.129

   I suppose the other 61 IP numbers in my subnet have been reserved mainly to 
my neighbours. Maybe not necessarily, but probably, no?

   If so, if I find out that one of the other 61 IP numbers was given to my 
neighbour friend, wouldn't it be possible to connect directly to his computer 
without having to go via the default gateway?

   Wouldn't that mean that we then can have direct fiber connection without the 
artificial speed restrictions that our respective subscription results in?

   Or am I totally out in the blue here?  8-)


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