[MLB-WIRELESS] IP address range for Geelong?

[Adrian Close]

On 12 Feb 2002, Simon J Mudd wrote:

> This allows you "at some later stage" to link up (probably not by
> radio!) to other groups around the world. If you have an ip address
> conflict it'll be much harder to do this.

/me throws hands in air and calls on a deity to give him strength.

I can see why this registry seems logical.  What it misses is the fact
that the RFC 1918 ranges are not globally routable, _by design_.

I think we'd be better off campaigning to obtain a globally routable IPv4
allocation for use on community-baased wireless networks around the world
(similar to net 44 in concept, I guess).  We have ARIN, APNIC and RIPE.
Perhaps we could create a WNIC organisation to handle global allocation of
such addresses.  There's plenty of IPv4 space left.

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