[105188] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: .255 addresses still not usable after all these years?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Smith)
Fri Jun 13 21:51:58 2008
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:21:19 +0930
From: Mark Smith <nanog@85d5b20a518b8f6864949bd940457dc124746ddc.nosense.org>
To: kgasso@visp.net
In-Reply-To: <4852DBF8.4040804@visp.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu, Kameron Gasso <kgasso-lists@visp.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:43:36 -0700
Kameron Gasso <kgasso-lists@visp.net> wrote:
> Christopher Morrow wrote:
> > go-go-actiontec (vol sends those out, god do they suck...)
>
> Crappy CPE's are exactly why we don't hand out .0 and .255 addresses in
> our DHCP pools. :(
> --
> Kameron Gasso | Senior Systems Administrator | visp.net
> Direct: 541-955-6903 | Fax: 541-471-0821
>
We avoid them because in the interest of "security", customers who
would be assigned .0 and .255 have trouble accessing their online
banking and other financial websites. With IPv4 address space running
out, we'll probably inevitably have to start handing them out and then
get our customers to complain to their bank etc.
Regards,
Mark.
--
"Sheep are slow and tasty, and therefore must remain constantly
alert."
- Bruce Schneier, "Beyond Fear"
