Hello Kurt,

On Wednesday November 20 2019 07:12, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

 KW> I think that they'll kick the can down the road for some time more
 KW> with dynamic DHCP. I've kept the same IP address for as long as I've
 KW> kept my router on, but could imagine getting a little address space
 KW> headroom by cutting the lease time down.

That would have made a difference in the age of dial up internet. But these
days almost every one leaves his/her router on 24/7. I do not know anyone who
switches off the router when "not in use". Dynamic IP does not reduce the
number of IP address in use.

 KW> I would hate to be behind a private address space. That would go
 KW> completely against the idea of a network of nodes and complete our
 KW> transition to consumers of content instead of network nodes.

Not having a public IP address violates the principle of end to end
connectivity. Fidonet depends on the ability to run servers. IPv4 address space
has run out, so if we want to continue to run servers, we have to go IPv6.

An ISP only offering CGNATed IPv4 and no IPv6 would never have me as a
customer.


Cheers, Michiel

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