All, RE: David Raistrick's remarks.
Bridged DSL environment is correct. The DSL modem is just that and does not route. Looks however, that I'm between a rock and a hard place on this one though. Regards, JS At 02:06 PM -0400 5/27/2003, you wrote: >On Tue, 27 May 2003, David Morris wrote: > > > Being assigned '9' addresses is really strange since that isn't a > > proper subnet. More below. > >He's in a (rfc1483) bridged DSL (or possibly wireless) environment, all IP >addresses would (could) be a part of the same subnet and shared between >all customers. He shares the next-hop router and router interface with >all, or some, of the other customers of the ISP. > >This is a pretty standard configuration these days, though in some ways >nontraditional. Configuration wise this would be similar to an ethernet >segment. > >If the ISP had address space available to subnet, they could route a >subnet to him (which is really the only way I know of to do what he's >asking). Since they don't have address space available for this, they >cannot. > > >PPP networks also fall outside the realm of "normal" subnets (dialup PPP >PPPoE/PPPoA/PPPoEoA, or PPTP) and could lead to problems similar to what >Jon is seeing. > > >....david > > >-- >David Raistrick > Systems Administrator - Global Technology Associates, Inc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are the opinions of > David Raistrick, not necessarily those of GTA, Inc. > >------------------------------------------------------ >To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please Take Note: Mail system automatically deletes all messages arriving to this account from the "hotmail.com",lycos.com" and "yahoo.com" domains. ------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
