North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: renumbering and roaming
On Mon, May 18, 1998 at 10:59:16AM +0100, Paul Mansfield wrote: > > On Sun, 17 May 1998, Michael Dillon turned on his computer and typed: > > On Sun, 17 May 1998, Michael K. Smith: > > > > IMHO every dialup customer from every ISP in the world should use > > 192.168.254.1 for their DNS address and this number should be hard coded > > as the default in all client software. Then this problem would go away. > > if all ISPs agreed to use these addresses... say > - TWO resolvers, e.g. 192.168.254,1 and 192.168.253.1 > - two mail relays, e.g. 192.168.254.5 and 192.168.253.5 > - two news servers, e.g. ---254.9 and 253.9 > - two ntp time servers > - etc etc Of course, if a customer has a LAN out the back of the same machine they're connecting from, and it's using these addresses (which they are entitled to use), then it'll cause immense headaches.. -- Ben [email protected]_____ o _ _--_|\ ZIP Internet P/L Zip's Network Dude /____|___|_)________/______\______________________ Carbon: 9270-4777 | . \_.--._* Virtually Silicon: 9273-7111, 9247-7288 Paper: 92475276 v the best :)
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