[9936] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NSP ... New Information
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Vaden)
Mon Jun 9 11:41:05 1997
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 10:38:38 -0500
To: Joel Gallun <joel@wauug.erols.com>, Edward Fang <edfang@visi.net>
From: Larry Vaden <vaden@texoma.net>
Cc: Jeremy Porter <jerry@fc.net>, nanog@merit.edu, tispa@swri.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970609111731.21275C-100000@wauug.erols.com>
At 11:27 AM 6/9/97 -0400, Joel Gallun wrote:
>I'd recommend DHCP. In communities where we've used it, it has worked
>fine and not caused any of the problems that NAT does.
>
>Regards,
>Joel Gallun
>Community Networks
Thanks for your comments. What sort of DHCP lease times do you use? What
kind of ratios between customers and IP addresses work in your situation?
In other words, I'm looking for how much more IP space, if any, you need
versus the dynamic IP assignment we're used to seeing in dial up ppp service.
Larry Vaden, founder and CEO help-desk 903-813-4500
Internet Texoma, Inc. <http://www.texoma.net> direct 903-870-0365
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