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Re: ARIN?

  • From: Brandon Ross
  • Date: Sat Nov 07 01:57:53 1998 
On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, David R. Conrad wrote:

> >Why do my users have to be dynamically addressed but @home's do not?
> 
> Could it be because when the allocation was made, dynamic addressing was
> not available for the cable boxes whereas dynamic assignment for dialup
> has been available since dirt was new?

And NAT boxes have been available almost as long.

[unecessary rant removed]

Brandon Ross            Network Engineering     404-815-0770 800-719-4664
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