[MLB-WIRELESS] Combining 2 internet conenctions.

[Rowan Crowe]

On Mon, 17 May 2004, Tim Hogard wrote:

> Of course if the APNIC got its act together and started assigning joint
> IP address space, then we could do proper dual homing but I don't
> see that ever happening.

Last time I checked the *smallest* allocation that APNIC would grant was a
/19, which is 8192 IPs. You also need to justify your usage of these IPs
with a plan showing how they will be used now, and in the future.

IP address space is precious, and global routing tables are growing
larger... there's no way that end users will ever be assigned IPv4
portable IPs again! I'm lucky that I have a "legacy"  /24 (256 IPs) from
1996 when they were easy to get. A /24 is the smallest practical address
space that you can dual-home on the net, and even then routing may not
always work as you expect.

IPv6 is probably another matter entirely... :)

Cheers.

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