assume that I am cost concious resdient with a sattelite down-link (yupp, they exist), and a DSL line and a Cable link. Should I not be allowed the same easy choice of up-link as the corporate world?
Let's then assume that I have my home on VoIP only so NAT is out. Do I get my own AS-number and PA space then?
You are using three different IP addresses that are dynamically (OK. If you insist statically) assigned to three different links. But how can I reach your web server ? This is different from the corporate world to have the same IP coming in from different links.
If I only have three addresses I need some form of NAT on my home network, and that will brak my services as well as block the Web-server, just as point out. So I need a routable block.
OK. There are two different requirements here. One is people just want to connect to Internet and have different links for back-up thus no-need for static IP. The problem will be the SOHO customers running application that needs static IP address. Assume they uses /28 then it will be a big problem for the up-stream to leak them into the global routing table. By just filtering out /28 won't solve the problem. But I think it is a little bit easier to make them to be reassigned to the aggregate block with their back-up link provider, don't you think ? This way, we can have the cake and eat it too.
In this situation the most popular solution for local customer, who needs reliable and cheap IP uplink and high speed access to regional Internet resources, is to build two channels to local ISPs (not so reliable, but much more cheaper than even one external uplink) and to local IX.
In this SOHO situation you don't need a seperate entry in the global routing table. Also the point is two links (phone line won't die the same time as the satellite, will they ?)
No, but in order to use this Sat uplink I need to have globally routable address block. Which will pollut the routigtable. So in my extream example, we would end up with a address block per SOHO user.
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My point is still you can have these customers' business and making sure they are ASSIGNED (by you) on the aggregate block so the other ISP can aggregate them. Ping Lu Cable & Wireless USA Network Tools and Analysis Group W: +1-703-292-2359 E: plu@cw.net