Hi, On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 03:17:03PM +0100, Mark Lowes wrote:
On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 15:12, Gert Doering wrote:
The "issue" about dial-in customers is just that ISPs are usually unwilling to enter all their individual IP assignments into the RIPE database, and so it's much easier to go down the dynamic dial-in route.
From the RIPE policy standpoint, there is NO difference between dial-in, ADSL, cable, leased lines, and whatever technologies people use to hook up to the net.
However for dialup it's generally a more effcient use of IP space to use dynamic pools due the contention of the service (ie 20:1 modem ratios and the like).
It might be more efficient, yes. As people are doing it with ADSL connections for "home users", that are not really "always on". On the other hand, you can have dialup connections that are demand-dialled from the ISPs side if a packet for that customer arrives. Those certainly need a static IP. Nevertheless: my point is that the RIPE policies do *not* force that upon an ISP. It's their decision whether they want to do dynamic addressing or not, regardless of the technology used. Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 47686 (47095) SpaceNet AG Mail: netmaster@Space.Net Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Tel : +49-89-32356-0 80807 Muenchen Fax : +49-89-32356-299