[lir-wg] Static IP addresses

Hi,

On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 11:23:16AM +0200, Berislav Todorovic wrote:
> >From the RIPE policy perspective, ADSL is sitting in the vacuum
> between dial-in (needing dynamically assigned addresses) and leased
> line access (where static addresses are justifiable). ADSL is, in
> fact, an "always on" kind of service and thus usage of statically
> assigned IP addresses is justified (see ripe-234 - section 5.2.2).

Just to clarify this.

Dial-In does NOT NEED TO USE dynamic IP addresses.  Neither does cable 
modem.

The "issue" about dial-in customers is just that ISPs are usually 
unwilling to enter all their individual IP assignments into the RIPE
database, and so it's much easier to go down the dynamic dial-in route.

>From the RIPE policy standpoint, there is NO difference between 
dial-in, ADSL, cable, leased lines, and whatever technologies people
use to hook up to the net.

Gert Doering
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