[100142] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 240/4
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alain Durand)
Thu Oct 18 16:12:43 2007
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:11:00 -0600
From: Alain Durand <alain_durand@cable.comcast.com>
To: Jon Lewis <jlewis@lewis.org>, Stephen Wilcox <steve.wilcox@packetrade.com>
CC: <michael.dillon@bt.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0710181429400.24441@soloth.lewis.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On 10/18/07 12:53 PM, "Jon Lewis" <jlewis@lewis.org> wrote:
> I could see bits of 240/4 perhaps being of use to large cable companies
> for whom there just isn't enough 1918 space to address all their CPE
> gear...and/or they really want unique addressing so that if/when networks
> merge IP conflicts are avoided.
I do work for one of those "large cable companies" and no, 240/4 is not
useable for us either for the exact same reasons that you pointed out to
explain why 240/4 will not work in public space: there are just too many
devices that can't easily be upgraded.
- Alain.
