[lir-wg] Static IP addresses

Hi,

On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 03:17:03PM +0100, Mark Lowes wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 15:12, Gert Doering wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> However for dialup it's generally a more effcient use of IP space to use
> dynamic pools due the contention of the service (ie 20:1 modem ratios
> and the like).

It might be more efficient, yes.  As people are doing it with ADSL 
connections for "home users", that are not really "always on".

On the other hand, you can have dialup connections that are demand-dialled
from the ISPs side if a packet for that customer arrives.  Those certainly
need a static IP.

Nevertheless: my point is that the RIPE policies do *not* force that upon 
an ISP.  It's their decision whether they want to do dynamic addressing
or not, regardless of the technology used.

Gert Doering
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