ISP running out of ips???

[Tonec]

Is this even possible? I called up to order more ip addresses and this is the excuse they gave me. Sounds like BS to me but I could be wrong

 

[Damaged]

Sure, it's possible. Poor planning, poor distribution/usage of current space. Combine that with the fact that ARIN's tightening things up these days and the ISP has poor documentation for IP space, if they even own their own, and it's possible.

 

[TimeKeeper]

Sounds like Vxxxxxx or previously known as BA

 

[wnied]

Tonec

If your willing to put out an extra $150 bux you can get yourself that Linksys router/switch with the 4 nodes and auto DHCP within. It automatically takes one IP address and splits it into four consecutive IP addys for four seperate PCs and can easily be configured through netscape or Internet Explorer.

wnied

 

[pcmark]

It's totally possible. I'll give you a familiar scenario. By the way,I work at an ISP. Our T1 customers get up to a full class C,or 256 IP's as part of the deal. We ask that they don't ask for more than they will use. So if the customer has 100 pc's,we won't give them 256 IP's. Some customers will say they have 200 or so pc's when they only have 100 so they can say they have a full class C. It's an ego thing. So if a bunch of customers are assighned IP's they arten't using we start running out.

 

[ktwebb]

IPv6. Hello? Where are U?

 

[FUBAR]

Years away, at least for implementation...

(thought I read that somewhere)

 

[ktwebb]

Yeah, I know. Just thinking out loud, er um, in text.

 

[pcmark]

Thats gonna be a nightmare.(IPv6) From what I understand,everything(all existing routable IP's) will have to be renumbered.:disgust:

 

[Damaged]

pcmark, uh uh. The problem is that all existing IP space does NOT have to be renumbered. IOW, it MUST be backwards compatible.

If all we had to do was renumber it would be oh so easy...or at least easier. WAY, WAY, easier...in a very fscked up sense.

 

[pcmark]

I heard that it WASN'T backwards compatable.

 

[Vegito]

Thats right PCMark.. I have 15 computers and a full class C

 

[andri]

IPv6 has been ready for quite a while now.

Linux handles IPv6. FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD handle IPv6. Heck, Solaris, AIX and all other major OS'es handle ipv6 quite well...

So, what's the trouble?
Cisco routers and Windows know nothing about IPv6

Microsoft shows its idiocy. IPv6 in Unices was ready *before* win2K came out, and they didn't bother to implement it. Shame.

 

[pcmark]

Well, everyone better get onboard,not just Cisco. What about Juniper,Cobalt,to name a few. Damaged is right about the documentation,though. It's a project to keep track of which customers are no longer customers(that's someone elses job)so you know which IP's are really used and which ones are really available.