[1666] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Static IP addresses for Dial-up
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lixia Zhang)
Mon Jan 29 10:16:22 1996
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 07:11:53 PST
From: Lixia Zhang <lixia@parc.xerox.com>
To: huitema@pax.inria.fr (Christian Huitema)
Cc: peter@unipalm.pipex.com, nanog@merit.edu, cidrd@iepg.org, iab@isi.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 29 Jan 1996 03:19:19 -0800
> Yes. Combine this with IP over Direct-TV, where the PC address must be
> synchronized between the out-bound telephone channel (semi-permanent) and
> the in-bound satellite channel (permanent). Also combine with IP mobility,
> which assumes that the mobile is keeping its IP address while roaming.
> Also combine with IP over CATv, where a PC at home has essentially the same
> requirement as a PC at work.
>
> All in all, at least one address per computer is a very reasonable goal,
> one which we have zero reason to legislate away.
I agree with Christian completely
Lixia