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krbonne;608169 Wrote: > Hi, > OK. let me rephrase. You cannot do this, without a public ipv4 > address. > > One thing that you have to keep in mind, is that once public > IP-addresses have run out, you will be put behind a NAT of the ISP for > your ipv4-to-ipv4 traffic. Do not expect that these "CGN" (Carrier > Grade Nat) services will offer port-forwarding. > > The only way you can then have ipv4 peer-to-peer connectivity will be > via some kind of relay. OK, you can get a connection via a VPN-service > somewhere, but this actually is pretty much the same thing as "buying a > public ipv4 address". > Or you can get yourself a "business" subscription at your ISP -which > includes a fixed ipv4-address- but do not complain if you need to pay > (say) 20 euro a month extra for that. > > > Why would you get throu all this problem is you can just move to ipv6 > and have full any-to-any connectivity between any device on the > planet? > - between your phone/tablet and your SB > - between your SB and a shoutcast server operated by somebody on her > private LAN-network at home > - between your SB and the NAS of a friend on his home-LAN > - between your SB and somebody elses in a peer-to-peer broadcasting > network. > - to receive ipv6 multicast stations (RP-embedded ipv6 multicast > addressing allows ANY ipv6 router to act RP for a multicast-stream so > everybody is able to start a radio-station using ipv6 multicast). > > If you just use your SB to listen to an internet-radio station of some > large media-concern, ipv4 and nat and nat-after-nat will do just fine. > But if you want to go beyond that, ipv6 is an opportunity which allows > for all kind of new and decentralised services. Learn to use it and > image what you can do with it. > > > > Cheerio! Kr. Bonne. The conditions here in the US are not what you are used-to. I have had a "public" static IP address for years. While I appreciate the advances ipv6 will offer I don't think my service will be impacted any time soon. If it is, I know who to call. P -- pski real stereo doesn't just wake the neighbors, it -enrages- them.. It is truly the Golden Age of Wireless ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53800 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
