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From: MegaZone
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 1996 3:12 AM
To: portmaster-users@livingston.com
Subject: Internet Meltdown (fwd)
Once upon a time CygNet Support shaped the electrons to say...
>Please excuse my post of this but I thought some of us would be interested.
>I would also like to hear about what Livingston thinks of this article
>since it points fingers at Cisco.
I'll withhold comments on Cisco until there is more proof that they have
a problem. What was at that page is interesting, but not very conclusive.
As for the other things - I've been saying for a while that ISPs should be
very careful about what kind of routing broadcasts they send upstream.
Also that it is a better idea to use dymanic addressing as that results
in few IPs being used, and simpler routing. (As those who have static
IP customers have discovered to their dismay, it is a pain.)
I also advocate owning IP space, not subletting it, because as the article
aptly states leasing IP space leaves you are the mercy of your provider.
If they decide to renumber you can be forced to. And should you ever
decide to switch providers, you must renumber.
Some providers won't sell you a connection unless you use their IP space -
that is avoidable with an IP translation device. Number your network and
customer with your own IPs and translate them - if youy move you reconfigure
the translation device, NOT the entire network.
-MZ
-- Livingston Enterprises - Chair, Department of Interstitial Affairs Phone: 800-458-9966 510-426-0770 FAX: 510-426-8951 megazone@livingston.com For support requests: support@livingston.com <http://www.livingston.com/> Snail mail: 6920 Koll Center Parkway #220, Pleasanton, CA 94566 See me in person: Internet Expo, Boston, MA, October 16-17, Booth 422 ;-)