Reasons NOT to go static:
Doesn't scale well at all - quickly becomes routing nightmare. Much higher
chance of a routing loop, or dead end.
Is a senseless waste of IP space. With ISP port to user ratios of 10:1 you
are talking a 10 fold increase in required IPs. This is more expensive and
involves a lot more overhead in maintaing DNS, routing, etc, etc. IMHO it
is irresponsible to burn IPs so fast when there is no real need.
Can't use DEFAULT entry in RADIUS, need entry for each individual. Which
mean a much larger file - and trhe performace and maintanence hits that
involves.
It makes filters longer and more complex as there are more networks to
consider.
I strongly discourage the use of static IPs on dialins. Static IPs are a
senseless waste of addressing - and some of the upstream providers won't
give you more IPs if they find you are doing static addressing. Space
is getting tight.
-MZ
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