[21189] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandon Ross)
Sat Nov 7 01:57:22 1998
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:41:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Brandon Ross <bross@mindspring.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3643E567.DB2260DD@isc.org>
On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, David R. Conrad wrote:
> >Why do my users have to be dynamically addressed but @home's do not?
>
> Could it be because when the allocation was made, dynamic addressing was
> not available for the cable boxes whereas dynamic assignment for dialup
> has been available since dirt was new?
And NAT boxes have been available almost as long.
[unecessary rant removed]
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