On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Adrian Bool wrote:
I see little point in giving a user one usable IP address by assigning eitehr a /31 or /30 to the point to point link. All you achive with that is wasting *2 or *4 the number of IP addresses used.
Sure, this is true. But you've missed my point. Unless RIPE chooses to decide the network architecture for ISPs - which it has never done before, and is surely unenforceable - these remain recommendations at best.
If the /24 is a 'stanard' range agree amonst us that would probably make things easier. Do windows boxes have a default private IP it assigns to ethernert interfaces? If so, using that seems like a good option.
yes, they do - they follow the DHCP expectations and use 169.254.0.0/16 (see http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-manning-dsua-06.txt) but that is a block that should never be routed. joshua