On Thu, 27 Jun 1996, Derek Elder <djelder@mtvernon1.accessus.net> wrote:
>And the one big reason that no one has mentioned (that I have seen) is
>that the IETF just recently released a BCP (best current practice) that
>states that ISP's should not use static IP addresses for dialup users
>because all this does is contributes to backbone router collapse (do to
>ridiculous sized routing tables) and makes it next to impossible for an
>ISP to make simple network changes.
>
>I will refer anyone who takes an interest in how the Internet really
>works and how changes will affect you in the future to puruse the USENET
>newsgroup info.ietf.
>
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>Derek Elder djelder@accessus.net
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>On Tue, 25 Jun 1996, MegaZone wrote:
>
>> Once upon a time Kevin Kadow shaped the electrons to say...
>> >Unless the ISP is _really_ cheap or _really_ low on IP space, static is
>> >they way to go for many reasons, of which simultaneous logins is the least.
>>
>> 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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